Description
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
Author: William Dalrymple
Publisher: St. Martins Press-3PL
Published: 03/15/1999
Pages: 512
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.60lbs
Size: 8.90h x 5.90w x 1.20d
ISBN13: 9780805061772
ISBN10: 0805061770
BISAC Categories:
- History | Ancient | Rome
- History | Ancient | Greece
- Travel | Middle East | General
About the Author
William Dalrymple is the award-winning author of the British bestsellers In Xanadu and The City of Djinns. He divides his time between London, Edinburgh, and Delhi.
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