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Journey to the Orient

So Gerard de Nerval, poet, dreamer, visionary, journeyed to the Orient to savour all the wonder and mystery he believed to be there - and found what he dreamed of. In Cairo, he bought Zetnaybia, a beautiful slave girl, then later with Caliph Hakim his travels went beyond the Orient and even Earth itself as they voyaged on hashish...

Subject
travel
Setting
19th centurymiddle eastturkey
Audience
adult
Length
medium · 213 pages

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