Buy this book on-line Dalrymple, William : From the Holy Mountain : A Journey in the Shadow of ByzantiumFlamingo, London, 1997 ISBN 0006547745
In 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 guide, William Dalrymple sets off to retrace their footsteps and composes "an evensong for a dying civilization" --"Kirkus Reviews," 483p. plates (some col) maps on endpapers. bibliography.index. Book. Book Condition: Near Fine. Binding: Soft cover Click here for full details of this book, to ask a question or to buy it on-line. Bibliophile Bookbase probably offers multiple copies of Dalrymple, William : From the Holy Mountain : A Journey in the Shadow of Byzantium. Click here to select from a complete list of available copies of this book. DALRYMPLE, William : From the Holy Mountain: A Journey in the Shadow of ByzantiumHarper Collins, 1997
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