''In Ethiopia with a Mule'' is a book by Irish author
Dervla Murphy. It was first published by
John Murray in 1968.
Summary
''In Ethiopia with a Mule'' is a story of Murphy's 1966 trek across the highlands of
Ethiopia
Ethiopia, , om, Itiyoophiyaa, so, Itoobiya, ti, ኢትዮጵያ, Ítiyop'iya, aa, Itiyoppiya officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, is a landlocked country in the Horn of Africa. It shares borders with Eritrea to the ...
with a pack-mule. Inspired by
Prester John and the
Queen of Sheba, she walked a thousand miles south from the
Red Sea
The Red Sea ( ar, البحر الأحمر - بحر القلزم, translit=Modern: al-Baḥr al-ʾAḥmar, Medieval: Baḥr al-Qulzum; or ; Coptic: ⲫⲓⲟⲙ ⲛ̀ϩⲁϩ ''Phiom Enhah'' or ⲫⲓⲟⲙ ⲛ̀ϣⲁⲣⲓ ''Phiom ǹšari''; T ...
shore to
Addis Ababa
Addis Ababa (; am, አዲስ አበባ, , new flower ; also known as , lit. "natural spring" in Oromo), is the capital and largest city of Ethiopia. It is also served as major administrative center of the Oromia Region. In the 2007 census, t ...
. Along the way, she visited
Aksum, crossed the
Simien Mountains
The Simien Mountains (Amharic: ስሜን ተራራ or Səmen; also spelled Simen and Semien), in northern Ethiopia, north east of Gondar in Amhara region, are part of the Ethiopian Highlands. They are a World Heritage Site and include the Simien M ...
, and descended to the ruined palaces of
Gondar and
Lake Tana
Lake Tana ( am, ጣና ሐይቅ, T’ana ḥāyik’i; previously Tsana) is the largest lake in Ethiopia and the source of the Blue Nile. Located in Amhara Region in the north-western Ethiopian Highlands, the lake is approximately long and wid ...
.
Publication history
The book was first published in 1968. Like Murphy's other earlier works, it was published by Jock Murray of publishers
John Murray.
She was close to Jock,
and she named the mule Jock after him. When Jock (the publisher) died, and his publishing house was sold, Murphy moved to another publisher,
Eland Books,
who republished the book in 2011.
References
External links
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1968 non-fiction books
Eland Books books
John Murray (publishing house) books
Books by Dervla Murphy
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