Three Journeys in the LevantStarhaven, 2001 - 146 Seiten I have nothing but praise for Shusha Guppy's excellent book on the Levant... Her insights into the Near East... Her facility with history, art, religions and poetry of those ancient regions... Her traveller's fascination... These, and many other delights, are presented to us with a captivating informality.- Patrick Leigh FermorOf previous works by the author: " The Blindfold Horse is a deeply moving book, evoking a whole civilization which was shaken to dust by the 1979 revolution."- Anthony Smith, The Times"Looking Back is a feast. A galaxy of remarkable ladies, rendered by the remarkable Shusha Guppy."- Edna O'Brien |
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19th Century 2nd Century Adonis Afqa Aleppo Amman amphitheatre ancient Anjar Aphrodite Arab asked Assad Baalbek bazaar beautiful became Bedouin Beirut Beiteddin Beshir Bosra buildings built Byblos Byzantine café called caravans caravanserai carved castle centre Christian church citadel coloured columns courtyard crowded Crusaders Damascus dark decorated desert dome drove Druze eyes famous garden Gibril goddess gold Greek groves hammams hills huge hundred inside Islamic Jerash Jocelyne Jordan King Lebanese Lebanon Levant lived looked madrassahs Mamelukes marble Maronite Middle East miles minarets monastery mosaics Mosque mountains Museum Muslim olive orchards Ottoman Ozymandias palace Palmyra Persian Petra Phoenician pilgrims Qader river road rocks Roman ruins Saladin Salman SHUSHA GUPPY Sidon souks stone stopped street surrounded Syria temple thousand Today told tomb took town travellers trees Umayyads valley village Virgin walked walls wife women young