16 Mar 2023
Richard Pococke, A description of the East, and some other countries: observations on Palestine or the Holy Land, Syria, Mesopotamia, Cyprus and Candia, Vol. II. Part I, Printed for the author, by W. Bowyer, 1745.
Richard Pococke, A description of the East, and some other countries: observations on Palestine or the Holy Land, Syria, Mesopotamia, …
16 Feb 2023
Alexander Drummond, Travels through the different Countries of Germany, Italy, Greece, and parts of Asia Minor, as far as the Euphrates, with an Account of what is remarkable in their present State and their Monuments of Antiquity, Printed by W. Strahan f
Alexander Drummond was a Scottish diplomat and travel writer. He was born on 18 January 1698 in Edinburgh Parish, …
12 Jan 2023
William Turner, Journal of a Tour in the Levant, John Murray, in 3 volumes, 1820.
William Turner, Journal of a Tour in the Levant, John Murray, in 3 volumes, 1820.
"But come, now, tell …
15 Dec 2022
W. Hepworth Dixon, British Cyprus, Chapman and Hall, 1879.
“What is Cyprus?
An island lying in the north-east corner of the Levant; the key of Egypt, Syria, and Asia …
10 Nov 2022
Fyler, Arthur Evelyn, 1833, The development of Cyprus, and rambles in the island, With colourded Illustrations, Maps and Plan, London, Percy Lund, Humphries & Co.
Fyler, Arthur Evelyn, 1833, The development of Cyprus, and rambles in the island, With colourded Illustrations, Maps and Plan, London, …
07 Oct 2022
Cyprus, an Island Apart: A Personal Experience, Seamus MacHugh, Rimal Publications, 1999
Seamus MacHugh was born in Ireland and attended university both there and Italy. While in Tanzania, East Africa, where he …
05 Aug 2022
Cyprus as I saw it in 1879, Sir Samuel White Baker, Macmillan and Co., 1879
Samuel White Baker was an English explorer who helped to locate the sources of the River Nile. He was born …
05 Jul 2022
Gordon Home, Cyprus: Then and now, preface by Field Marshal Lord Harding, with numerous illustrations by the author, J.M. Dent & Sons LTD, 1960
Gordon Home was born in London, 25 July 1878. He was an English artist, author and illustrator. He served in …
20 Jun 2022
Sunshine and storm in the East, or, Cruises to Cyprus and Constantinople / Lady Brassey, with upwards of 100 illustrations chiefly from drawings by the Hon. A.Y. Bingham, Longmans, Green, and Co., 1881
Anna ‘Annie’ Brassey Allnutt, daughter of Elizabeth (Burnett) and John Allnut was born in London, on 8 of October 1839.
28 Apr 2022
Edward Vizetely, From Cyprus to Zanzibar by the Egyptian Delta: the adventures of a journalist in the isle of love, the home of miracles and the land of cloves, C. Arthur Pearson Limited, 1901
Edward Vizetelly (1847-1903) came from a long line of printers, engravers and publishers. The family originated from Italy until their …
15 Mar 2022
Basil Stewart, My Experiences of the Island of Cyprus, Illustrated from photographs by the author, Skeffington & Son, 1906
British Engineer, Basil Stewart first visited Cyprus in 1904 to assume the duties of a topographical engineer for the construction …
19 Feb 2022
Marian Engel, Monodromos, House of Anansi, 1973
Marian Ruth Engel was a Canadian novelist, short-story and children's fiction writer and a passionate activist for the national and …
18 Jan 2022
Olive Murray Chapman, Across Cyprus, John Lane the Bodley Head, 1945
Olive Murray Chapman, Across Cyprus, John Lane the Bodley Head, 1945
16 Dec 2021
Libby Rowan-Moorhouse, “In the land of Aphrodite”, Illustrated by the author, Book Guild Publishing, 2005
“Once upon a time, there was a village. We lived there not long ago. How can I conjure up that …
22 Nov 2021
Henry Rider Haggard, A Winter Pilgrimage in Palestine, Italy, and the island of Cyprus, accomplished in the year 1900, Longmans, Green and CO. 1908
18 Oct 2021
William Hurrell Mallock, In an Enchanted Island: Or, A Winter's Retreat in Cyprus, R. Bentley & son, 1889
William Hurrell Mallock (1849 –1923) was an English novelist and economics writer.
He was educated privately and then at Balliol …
16 Sep 2021
John Knittel, Cyprus wine from my cellar, J. Long Ltd, 1933
John Knittel, Cyprus wine from my cellar, J. Long Ltd, 1933.
“With our feet we stand on the ground, with …
15 Jul 2021
Colin Thubron, Journey into Cyprus, Penguin Travel Library, 1986
10 Jun 2021
Agnes Smith Lewis, Through Cyprus, Hurst and Blackett, London, 1887
“Come travel soon thy friends will be replaced.
Come work; and life's true sweetness thou shalt know.
Success and fame …
09 May 2021
Gladys Emma Peto, Malta and Cyprus, London & Toronto, J.M. Dent and Sons Ltd, 1926
Gladys Emma Peto (1890-1977), was an English artist, fashion designer, illustrator and writer. She studied at the Maidenhead School of …
22 Apr 2021
Sir Harry Luke, Cyprus: a Portrait and Appreciation, London, Harrap, 1957
One of the most lyrical introductions to the island of Cyprus by Sir Harry Luke who lived in Cyprus for …
25 Mar 2021
Esme Scott-Stevenson, Our Home in Cyprus, London, Chapman and Hall, 1880
Esme Scott-Stevenson was the wife of Kyrenia Commissioner Captain Andrew Scott-Stevenson with who she came to Cyprus in 1878. As …