Mirror to Damascus /

This is a book describing the historical sights that await the traveller of Damascus. The author, Colin Thubron, has built up a following with his travel writing on places in the world least understood by people.

Λεπτομέρειες βιβλιογραφικής εγγραφής
Κύριος συγγραφέας: Thubron, Colin, 1939- (συγγραφέας.)
Μορφή: Βιβλίο
Έκδοση: London : Century, 1967.
Σειρά:Century travellers (Century Publishing)
Θέματα:
Πίνακας περιεχομένων:
  • Introduction
  • 1. First fruits
  • 2. The tomb of Abel
  • 3. The Roman peace
  • 4. The cool river
  • 5. Christian Damascus
  • 6. The white banner
  • 7. Armies of honey
  • 8. The poet dies
  • 9. The beloved of God
  • 10. Under the slave-kings
  • 11. The unspeakable Turk
  • 12. The white death
  • 13. A parcel of giddy boys
  • 14. The minorities
  • 15. The fleece
  • 16. Faces and things which were passing
  • 17. The mandate
  • 18. The moon on the marble
  • Chronology.