Salisbury Branch: The parting of the desert- the building of the Suez Canal with Stephen Carr-Smith
White Hart Hotel 1 St John's Street, Salisbury, England, United KingdomThe building of the Suez Canal was both a marvel of engineering construction and the symbolic meeting of East and West. It was the vision of Ferdinand de Lesseps, a French diplomat, who with his enthusiasm for the project won the vital backing of Louis Napoleon, whose perseverance overcame the British Prime Minister’s determination to […]