Egypt: The Eternal Smile

Egypt: The Eternal Smile
US first edition cover
Author	Allen Drury
Country	United States
Language	English
Genre	Non-fiction Travelogue Coffee table book
Publisher	Doubleday
Publication date	October 1980
Media type	Print (hardcover)
Pages	272
ISBN	0-385-00193-2

Egypt: The Eternal Smile: Reflections on a Journey is a 1980 non-fiction coffee table book by Allen Drury.^[1]^[2] It is a travelogue of a trip though Egypt undertaken by Drury and photographer Alex Gotfryd.^[3]

Overview

Egypt: The Eternal Smile chronicles a journey between Abu Simbel and Alexandria, with Drury's observations punctuated by Gotfryd's photographs. Drury provides a wealth of information about ancient Egyptian history, culture, and religion.^[3]

Critical reception

Noting Drury's "highly vivid, personal impressions", Diana Loercher wrote in The Christian Science Monitor:

[Drury] is clearly far more at home in the land of fiction than fact and is at his best when the employs his novelistic talents to create atmosphere, discern the timeless links between past and present, and characterize the pharaohs. At times his dramatization of history seems too presumptuous and his style too jaunty. Yet, in sum, the book offers an engaging potpourri of travel tips, local color, and historical fact, along with a version of ancient Egypt that makes up for in originality what it lacks in objectivity.^[3]

References

↑ Brennan, Elizabeth A.; Clarage, Elizabeth C., eds. (December 17, 1998). Who's Who of Pulitzer Prize Winners. Greenwood Press. pp. 229–230. ISBN 1-573-56111-8.
↑ "Drury, Allen (1918 September 2 - 1998 September 2): Biographical History". Online Archive of California. Retrieved January 20, 2015.
1 2 3 Loercher, Diana (December 31, 1980). "Egypt through Drury's eyes". The Christian Science Monitor. Retrieved February 3, 2015.

Works by Allen Drury

Advise and Consent series	Advise and Consent (1959) A Shade of Difference (1962) Capable of Honor (1966) Preserve and Protect (1968) Come Nineveh, Come Tyre (1973) The Promise of Joy (1975)

Mark Coffin, U.S.S. series	Anna Hastings (1977) Mark Coffin, U.S.S. (1979) The Hill of Summer (1981) The Roads of Earth (1984)

Ancient Egypt series	A God Against the Gods (1976) Return to Thebes (1977)

University series	Toward What Bright Glory? (1990) Into What Far Harbor? (1993) Public Men (1998)

Other novels	That Summer (1965) The Throne of Saturn (1971) Decision (1983) Pentagon (1986) A Thing of State (1995)

Non-fiction	A Senate Journal (1963) A Very Strange Society (1967) Courage and Hesitation (1971) Egypt: The Eternal Smile (1980)

Adaptations	Advise and Consent (1960 play) Advise & Consent (1962 film)

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