author
George Melly
1830–1894
A Liverpool merchant, traveller, and Liberal MP, he left behind vivid travel writing as well as memoirs shaped by politics, public life, and long experience abroad. His books offer a lively window into Victorian travel and society.
2 Audiobooks
Khartoum, and the Blue and White Niles, Vol. 1 (of 2)
by George Melly
Khartoum, and the Blue and White Niles, Vol. 2 (of 2)
by George Melly
About the author
Born in 1830, he was part of a well-known Liverpool merchant family and built a public career that stretched beyond business into politics and philanthropy. He served as Liberal MP for Stoke-on-Trent from 1868 to 1874, and contemporary records also describe him as a merchant and shipowner.
He is remembered by readers mainly for his travel writing and memoirs. His early book Khartoum, and the Blue and White Niles grew out of a Nile journey and reflects the curiosity and descriptive style of mid-19th-century travel literature. Later, he published Recollections of Sixty Years, 1833-1893, a memoir blending political, social, and personal observations.
He died in 1894. Taken together, his surviving books suggest a writer with firsthand experience of commerce, travel, and public affairs, and that mix gives his work an easy historical interest for modern listeners.