From the Holy Mountain: A Journey in the Shadow of Byzantium by William Dalrymple

From the Holy Mountain: A Journey in the Shadow of Byzantium

William Dalrymple

483 pages • first pub 1997 (view editions)

nonfiction history religion travel challenging informative reflective slow-paced
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A rich blend of history and spirituality, adventure and politics, laced with the thread of black comedy familiar to readers of William Dalrymple’s previous work.In AD 587, two monks, John Moschos and Sophronius the Sophist, embarked on an extraord...

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