TY - BOOK AU - Bedford,Francis AU - Gordon,Sophie AU - Ḥājj,Badr TI - Cities, citadels and sights of the Near East: Francis Bedford's nineteenth-century photographs of Egypt, the Levant, and Constantinople SN - 9789774166709 (softcover) U1 - 722.5\ 21 PY - 2014///] CY - Cairo, New York PB - The American University in Cairo Press KW - Bedford, Francis, KW - Edward KW - Great Britain KW - History KW - Edward VII, 1901-1910 KW - Pictorial works KW - Middle East KW - 19th century KW - Egypt KW - Description and travel N1 - "First published by the Royal Collection Trust in 2011 under the title Cairo to Constantinople : Francis Bedford's Photographs of the Middle East"--Title page verso; Dar el Kutub no. 2058/14; Includes bibliographical references (pages 153 -154) N2 - In 1862 the leading British photographer Francis Bedford was commissioned by Queen Victoria to accompany her son and heir, the future King Edward VII, on an ambitious journey around the Middle East. This book documents that journey ER -