British travellers in the Middle East
Explore the best books on British travellers in the Middle East, featuring William Dalrymple's *From the Holy Mountain* and *Seven Pillars of Wisdom*. Discover curated history, biography, and classic accounts of the region.
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A Prince of Our Disorder
by John E. Mack
First published in 1976, John Mack's Pulitzer Prize-winning biography humanely and objectively explores the relationship between T.E. Lawrence's inner life and his historically significant actions. Extensive research provides the basis for Mack's sensitive investigation of the psychological dimensions of Lawrence's personality and with the history, sociology, and politics of his time. 27 photos.
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A Pilgrimage to Nejd, the Cradle of the Arab Race, a Visit to the Courtof the Arab Emir, and Our Pers, Vol. 1
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From the Holy Mountain
by William Dalrymple
In 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