Mirror to Damascus /

• Main Author: Thubron, Colin, 1939- (συγγραφέας.)
• Format: Book
• Published: London : Century, 1967.
• Series: Century travellers (Century Publishing)
• Subjects: Δαμασκός (Συρία) > Περιγραφή και ταξίδια.

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.

Table of Contents:

• 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.