FROM THE HOLY MOUNTAIN A JOURNEY IN THE SHADOW OF BYZANTIUM. Tapa dura - 1997

More than a thousand years later, using Moschos's writings as his guide, William Dalrymple set off to retrace their footsteps. Despite centuries of isolation, a surprising number of the monasteries and churches visited by the two monks still survive today, surrounded by often hostile populations. Dalrymple's pilgrimage took him through a bloody civil war in eastern Turkey, the ruins of Beirut, the vicious tensions of the West Bank and a fundamentalist uprising in southern Egypt. His book is an elegy to the slowly dying civilization of Eastern Christianity and the peoples that have kept its flame alive.condition very good and unmarked. Slight shelf wear to dustcover. Unclipped. Slight browning of pages.

HarperCollins, 1997. Book. Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. hardback, octavo, paper age-toned, a tightly bound copy in a neatly price clipped pictorial dust jacket, b&w plates, 483pp.

Hardback. Very Good.

Hardback. Good.

Hardback. Acceptable.

Harper Collins, 1997. ~No ownership marks. Many black and white and colour illustrations. Dustwrapper unfaded and unclipped. Page edges toned. ~Robust packaging. Overseas tracking available on request.. 1st edn. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. x, 483pp. Binding sound, text unmarked.

London: Harper Collins Publishers, 1997 VG-/VG. 8vo. original blue boards (ex-library with FFE excised, rsms to outer leaves, a few signs of use) in dustwrapper priced £18.00 (small label to spine, edges rubbed); pp. x, 484, with illustrations & maps. A good reading copy of the true first edition.. First Edition. Hard Cover. VG-/VG.

Collins, UK, 1997. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/Near Fine. Illustrator: Olivia Fraser. Hardcover. 483 pages. *** PUBLISHING DETAILS: Collins, UK, 1997. First Edition. *** CONDITION: The book itself is in good condition and comes in near fine dust jacket. More specifically: Boards have no wear, rubbing or soiling. Edges of dust jacket have light bumping. Dust jacket is unclipped. Edges of pages are mildly foxed. Pages are reasonably tanned and mildly foxed. *** ABOUT THIS BOOK: In the spring of 587 AD, 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… Leer más

London: Harper Collins Publishers, 1997 VG+/VG. 8vo. original blue boards (a little rubbed, paperstock toning, prev. owner's small address RSM to title page) in dustwrapper priced £18.00 (a little rubbed & creased, small fray to one corner); pp. x, 484, with illustrations & maps. A very good copy.. Reprint. Hard Cover. VG+/VG.

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.