Book Review: The Nile, a journey downriver through Egypt's past & present by Toby Wilkinson ISBN 9780385351553

This is not a review as I haven't read the whole book yet, but just as a holder for future return. Egypt has been fascinating to me, and I once had a neighbor who worked as an environment engineer for a Unisco project in Cairo for extended period and his description of many healthy and strong Egyptian men wondering around Nile bank at night without ever trying to find work left me a strong impression and a big question: why Egypt today resembles none of its old glory? Why Egyptian today can settle in such idleness with so little to show? This book may not answer my question, but I hope history of Nile will reveal some clues.

A better review of the book can be found here