Mediterranean Winter : A Journey Through History

Author: Robert D. Kaplan

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Price : 27.99 NZD
ISBN : 9780099484400
Publisher : Random House
Imprint : Random House
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Weight (g) : 0.192
Publication date : 01 February 2006
Dimensions : 1.8 Centimeters X 12.8 Centimeters X 19.8 Centimeters
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Dewey classification : 910.9/1822
Reading Level : very good
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"Mediterranean Winter" is a lyrical account of Robert Kaplan's journey in the off season around the Mediterranean, retracing the footsteps of his youth. A beautifully written meditation on the golden age of travel and the pleasures of history, it takes us from Tunisia, once proud Carthage, rival to Rome, through Sicily, up the Dalmatian coast and into Greece. "Mediterranean Winter" is alive with the spirits of the past, from Hadrian and Homer to Hannibal and Ibn Khaldun, and closes with a fascinating pilgrimage to Patrick Leigh Fermor, whom Kaplan visits in his hideaway on the Aegean.

First published 2004.

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