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Old 10-14-2015, 06:47 PM   #14
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Originally Posted by HarryT View Post
Long book titles used to be all the vogue. Eg I have on my iPad a book about Egypt written by Giovanni Belzoni in the early 19th century which has the catchy title:

"Narrative of the Operations and Recent Discoveries within the Pyramids, Temples, Tombs, and Excavations in Egypt and Nubia; and of a Journey to the Coast of the Red Sea, In search of the Ancient Berenice; and another to The Oasis of Jupiter Ammon"

When it's published today (and it's still in print) it's generally under the title "Belzoni's Travels" .
OT: I didn't think ANYONE else read about Belzoni! Woot!

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