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.
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Μορφή: | Βιβλίο |
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London :
Century,
1967.
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Σειρά: | Century travellers (Century Publishing)
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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.