Syria: through writers' eyes

Edited by Marius Kociejowski

Published by Eland Books

Price
£12.99 US$20.80
Post-free to subscribers

Written and edited by Marius Kociejowski

Contributions by: T E Lawrence, Colin Thubron, Hester Stanhope, James Elroy Flecker, Isabel Burton, William Dalrymple,
Brigid keenan, Edward Gibbon, Gertrude Bell, Ross Burns

Synopsis

This exciting new series will bring together both classic texts and the writing of the leading Travel writers working today, which will inform and inspire the inquisitive traveller. It is an essential companion for anyone travelling to Syria. Selected authors include: Edward Gibbon, William Dalrymple, Barnaby Rogerson and Gertrude Bell. This new series is not a guide of where to stay and what to do, rather it is collection of writing that aims to invest the traveller with a cultural and historical background to Syria, which will breath life and meaning into the sights, sounds and tastes that the inquisitive traveller will experience.