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Item Details
Title:
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MIRROR TO DAMASCUS
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By: |
Colin Thubron |
Format: |
Electronic book text |
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£8.99 |
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ISBN 10: |
1446483657 |
ISBN 13: |
9781446483657 |
Publisher: |
VINTAGE PUBLISHING |
Pub. date: |
8 June, 2011 |
Pages: |
240 |
Description: |
Provides a history of Damascus from the Amorites of the Bible to the revolution of 1966. In explaining how modern Damascus is rooted in immemoriable layers of culture and tradition, this title explores the historical, artistic, social and religious inheritance of the Damascenes in a perceptive manner. |
Synopsis: |
Described by the author as simply 'a work of love', Mirror to Damascus provides an enthralling and fascinating history of Damascus from the Amorites of the Bible to the revolution of 1966, as well a being a charming and witty personal record of a city well-loved. In explaining how modern Damascus is rooted in immemoriable layers of culture and tradition, Colin Thubron explores the historical, artistic, social and religious inheritance of the Damascenes in an amusing and perceptive manner, whilst interspersing the narrative with innumerable anecdotes about travellers of bygone days. Mirror to Damascus is a unique portrait of a city now obscured by recent upheavals, by one of the most indefatigable and popular of travel writers. |
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UK |
Imprint: |
Vintage Digital |
Returns: |
Non-returnable |
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