A good Eland reprint of this wry, observant and humorous 1830s Middle Eastern escapade.
Eothen: Traces of Travel Brought Home from the East
£12.99
Edition:Paperback978178060142713/06/2019
Categories: 09. Books for the New Year 2020: Travel, Books for the New Year 2020, Travel
Tags: Middle East, Travel writing
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The Making the Modern Middle East
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In the C13th, the largest library in Europe contained fewer than 2000 books. Baghdad alone contained five libraries with between 200,000 and a million books.
The Rise of the Arabic Book
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Scholarly and readable account of Sultan Selim I (1470-1520), who made the Ottoman Empire a major global player.