Mirror to Damascus

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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 as being a charming and witty personal record of a city well-loved.
Winner of the 2019 Edward Stanford Travel Writing Award's Outstanding Contribution to Travel Writing

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 as being a charming and witty personal record of a city well-loved.

In explaining how modern Damascus is rooted in immemorial 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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Weight 0.255000
Author Colin Thubron
Availability IP
Department Travel Writing
Format Paperback
ISBN 9780099532293
Pages 368
Published 04/12/2008
Publisher Vintage
Section Travel Writing: General
Size Unfolded 13x19cm
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