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As they travel around the sea at the centre 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 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 ease 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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Lonely Planet Journeys: On the Shores of the Mediterranean, Newby Eric
- Lingua
- Pubblicato
- 1998
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- Titolo
- Lonely Planet Journeys: On the Shores of the Mediterranean
- Lingua
- Inglese
- Autori
- Newby Eric
- Editore
- Lonely Planet
- Pubblicato
- 1998
- Formato
- In brossura
- Pagine
- 501
- ISBN10
- 0864426216
- ISBN13
- 9780864426215
- Serie
- Tag
- Saggistica, Tema stórico, Storia, Mappe e viaggi, Storie vere, Biografie, Viaggi, Autobiografie e memorie, Europa Meridionale, Italia, Africa, Marocco
- Valutazione
- 3,5 su 5
- Descrizione
- As they travel around the sea at the centre 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 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 ease 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 .