Mirror to Damascus

by Colin Thubron (Author)

• Used

  Paperback
  1990

  $5.81

  A history of Damascus from the Amorites of the Bible to the revolution of 1966, as well as a personal record of a city. In explaining how modern Damascus is rooted in immemorial layers of culture and tradition, the author explores the historical, artistic, social and religious inheritance of the Damascenes, whilst interspersing the narrative with innumerable anecdotes about travellers of bygone days.

• Used

  Paperback
  1986

  $3.25

• New

  Paperback
  2008

  $15.59

  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.