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Review of Frare's Through Egypt and Jerusalem Observations
A London reviewer surveys Frare's travelogue detailing Egypt Nubia and Jerusalem. The narrator describes Jerusalem’s layout mosques and churches notes clashes among Armenians Latins Greeks and Turks and recounts scenes around the Holy Sepulchre and Holy Fire. The piece contrasts pilgrim habits with local power dynamics and ends with Sir Sidney Smith lingering in memory among Christians.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
Jerusalem
Killarney
Giant's Causeway
North West Passage
Lient
Syria
el Kadis
Medinatel-Kadess
Mount of Olives
Walla
M. Chateaubriand
Eid
Holy
Holy Sepulchre
Uney
Daigiotta
Holy Land
Europe
Bonaparte
Nnstewardy
Aspitia
Nazareth
Ramla
Bethlehem
Lamageus
Jala
St John
Jericho
Aga
Seulchre
Italy
France
England
St. Peter
Maundrell
East
Abraham
Jaffa
St. Jeremiah
Damascus
Porte
Cadi
Mecca
Church of England
Mount Culvery
Jehoshaplat
Clarke
Sir Sidney Smith
Aboo Gosh