Dalrymple, William
From the Holy Mountain: A Journey in the Shadow of Byzantium
- ISBN 13:
- 9780006547747
- author:
- Dalrymple, William
- format:
- Paperback
- publisher:
- Flamingo
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 1998
- Pages:
- 496
- Dimensions:
- 13 x 2.8 x 19.7 centimetres (0.4
- Genre:
- Travel writing
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 10 working days
Description
From the Holy Mountain: A Journey in the Shadow of Byzantium
William Dalrymple's account of a 15th-century journey across the Byzantine world is a rich blend of history, spirituality, adventure, and politics. The author follows in the footsteps of two monks, John Moschos and Sophronius the Sophist, who embarked on a perilous journey from the Bosphorus to Egypt in AD 587. Their aim was to collect the wisdom of the sages and mystics of the Byzantine East before their world was shattered by the eruption of Islam.
Almost 1500 years later, Dalrymple retraces their footsteps, taking in a civil war in Turkey, the ruins of Beirut, the tensions of the West Bank, and a fundamentalist uprising in Egypt. His journey is a stirring elegy to the dying civilisation of Eastern Christianity, a testament to the enduring power of faith and culture in the face of overwhelming change.
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