Anthony Sattin
Introduction '''Anthony Sattin''' FRGS is a British journalist, broadcaster and travel writer. His main areas of interest is the Middle East and Africa, particularly Egypt, and he has lived and travelled extensively in these regions.
Education Sattin completed a literature degree at the University of Warwick and an MA in creative writing at the University of East Anglia.
Writing Sattin's book ''A Winter on the Nile: Florence Nightingale, Gustave Flaubert and the Temptations of Egypt'', a collection of Florence Nightingale's previously-unpublished letters, was described in ''The Literary Review'' as "a triumph of the historical imagination" and in ''The Independent'' as "some of the best writing of the year".The Lonely Planet Guide ''A House Somewhere: Tales of Life Abroad'', to which Sattin contributed, has been used as a set text for teaching English A-level.Sattin has been a long-time regular contributor to the ''Sunday Times'' travel and books pages and to ''Conde Nast Traveller''. His work has appeared in a number of other international publication, including ''The Spectator'', ''The Daily Telegraph'', ''the Independent'' and ''the Guardian''. He sits on the editorial advisory board of ''''Geographical'' magazine'' and has contributed to several guidebook series, including the ''Lonely Planet'' volumes on Egypt and Algeria.Giles Foden, writing in the ''Conde Nast Traveller'' magazine, has described Sattin as one of the ten key influences in modern travel writing. Sattin has taught writing classes for UEA ''Guardian'' Masterclasses and the How To Academy.
Broadcasting Sattin presented the BBC television series ''The Tourist'' and ''The Thirties in Colour'', and a number of documentaries for radio including ''Buying a Culture in Abu Dhabi'' and ''Travels Round My House'' on BBC Radio 3 and ''Crazy for Love: Layla and the Mad Poet'' on Radio 4.
Books * 1989 ''Shooting the Breeze'' * 2000 ''The Pharaoh's Shadow: Travels in Ancient and Modern Egypt'' * 2000 ''Florence Nightingale's Letters from Egypt: A Journey on the Nile, 1849-1850'' (editor) * 2003 ''The Gates of Africa: Death, Discovery and the Search for Timbuktu'' *  2010 ''A Winter on the Nile: Florence Nightingale, Gustave Flaubert and the Temptations of Egypt'' * 2011 ''Lifting the Veil: Two Centuries of Travellers, Traders and Tourists in Egypt'' * 2015 ''The Young Lawrence: a Portrait of the Legend as a Young Man'' * 2022 ''Nomads: The Wanderers Who Shaped Our World''
References
External links *  Anthony Sattin's website*  Anthony Sattin on Goodreads