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Mirror to Damascus

By Colin , Thubron

Book information

Publisher
Random House;Vintage Digital
ISBN
9781446483657, 1446483657
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
4 MB (3766717 bytes)
Series
Vintage Classics
Pages
240 pages\0
Time added
2020-07-26 19:24:52
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Description

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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