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From the Holy Mountain: A Journey Among the Christians of the Middle East (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780805061772)
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xIn 587 a.d., two monks set off on an extraordinary journey that would take them in an arc across the entire Byzantine world, from the shores of the Bosphorus to the sand dunes of Egypt. On the way John Moschos and his pupil Sophronius the Sophist stayed in caves, monasteries, and remote hermitages, collecting the wisdom of the stylites and the desert fathers before their fragile world finally shattered under the great eruption of Islam. More than a thousand years later, using Moschos's writings as his guide, William Dalrymple sets off to retrace their footsteps and composes an evensong for a dying civilization --Kirkus Reviews, starred review
Author: William Dalrymple
ISBN-10: 0805061770
ISBN-13: 9780805061772
Publisher: St. Martins Press-3PL
Language: English
Published: 03/15/1999
Pages: 512
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.60lbs
Size: 8.90h x 5.90w x 1.20d
Review Citation(s):
New York Times 04/18/1999 pg. 32
Books & Culture 05/01/2002 pg. 34
Library Journal 09/15/2007 pg. 101
By William Dalrymple
xWilliam Dalrymple is the award-winning author of the British bestsellers In Xanadu and The City of Djinns. He divides his time between London, Edinburgh, and Delhi.
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