On the Shores of the Mediterranean - Softcover

Newby, Eric

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0864426216 ISBN 13: 9780864426215

Publisher: Lonely Planet, 1998

Synopsis

As they travel around the sea at the center of Western history, Eric Newby and his wife Wanda visit not only the better-known Mediterranean sights and cities but also venture into places where Westerners are few: Albania under Hoxha, the holy Muslim city of Fez, and a country about to disappear in civil war - the former Yugoslavia. Eric Newby entertains and enlightens as he follows in the footsteps of Cleopatra and St John, and waits for a meeting with Colonel Gaddafi. With his customary flair for description, he is equally at easy pondering King David's choice of Jerusalem as the site for a capital city or enjoying a meal cooked by one of France's finest chefs. His acute curiosity and encyclopedic knowledge combine to make absorbing reading, whether he is explaining the workings of a defunct Turkish harem or the contemporary Mafia. From antiquity to the present, Eric Newby's erudite, engaging tale is not a simple tour but a tour de force.

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Review:

A splendid book' -- Guardian

About this edition

• Publisher: Lonely Planet
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 0864426216
• ISBN 13: 9780864426215
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 501