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9781845112400
Egypt's belle epoque was a period of extravagance during which the Khedive Ismail's Cairo became the mirror image, both architecturally and socially, of decadent Paris. The glamour and hedonism of the era reached its peak during the celebrations for the opening of the Suez Canal in 1869. This book discusses this period.Mostyn, Trevor is the author of 'Egypt's Belle Epoque Cairo and the Age of the Hedonists', published 2006 under ISBN 9781845112400 and ISBN 1845112407.
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