Edité par Darf Publishers Ltd, 1985
ISBN 10 : 185077062X ISBN 13 : 9781850770626
Vendeur : PBShop.store UK, Fairford, GLOS, Royaume-Uni
HRD. Etat : New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.
Edité par Darf, 1985
ISBN 10 : 185077062X ISBN 13 : 9781850770626
Vendeur : Kennys Bookshop and Art Galleries Ltd., Galway, GY, Irlande
Etat : New. 1985. Hardcover. . . . . .
Edité par Darf Publishers, 1985
ISBN 10 : 185077062X ISBN 13 : 9781850770626
Vendeur : Revaluation Books, Exeter, Royaume-Uni
Hardcover. Etat : NEW. In Stock.
Edité par Darf Publishers, 1985
ISBN 10 : 185077062X ISBN 13 : 9781850770626
Vendeur : Majestic Books, Hounslow, Royaume-Uni
Etat : New. pp. 352.
Edité par Darf Publishers Ltd, 1985
ISBN 10 : 185077062X ISBN 13 : 9781850770626
Vendeur : THE SAINT BOOKSTORE, Southport, Royaume-Uni
Hardback. Etat : New. New copy - Usually dispatched within 4 working days. Lady Gertrude Lowthian Bell presents a unique and sensitive picture of the Syrian subjects of the Ottoman Empire shortly after the turn of the century. Her sympathy with the people and her respect for their traditions raises this book well above the ordinary travel book.
Edité par Hyperion Books, 1985
ISBN 10 : 185077062X ISBN 13 : 9781850770626
Vendeur : Brook Bookstore, Milano, MI, Italie
Etat : new.
Edité par Darf, 1985
ISBN 10 : 185077062X ISBN 13 : 9781850770626
Vendeur : Kennys Bookstore, Olney, MD, Etats-Unis
Etat : New. 1985. Hardcover. . . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.
Edité par Darf Publishers, 1985
ISBN 10 : 185077062X ISBN 13 : 9781850770626
Vendeur : Biblios, Frankfurt am main, HESSE, Allemagne
Etat : New.
Edité par Darf Publishers Ltd, 1985
ISBN 10 : 185077062X ISBN 13 : 9781850770626
Vendeur : Ria Christie Collections, Uxbridge, Royaume-Uni
Etat : NEW. PRINT ON DEMAND Book; New; Fast Shipping from the UK. No. book.
Edité par Darf Publishers Ltd, 1985
ISBN 10 : 185077062X ISBN 13 : 9781850770626
Vendeur : Revaluation Books, Exeter, Royaume-Uni
Hardcover. Etat : NEW. 347 pages. 8.58x5.43x1.18 inches. In Stock.
Edité par Darf, 1985
ISBN 10 : 185077062X ISBN 13 : 9781850770626
Vendeur : Rob the Book Man, Vancouver, WA, Etats-Unis
Hardcover. Etat : Fine. Etat de la jaquette : Very Good. hardback in fine condition with very good+ dust jacket.
Edité par Darf Publishers Ltd, 1985
ISBN 10 : 185077062X ISBN 13 : 9781850770626
Vendeur : AHA-BUCH GmbH, Einbeck, Allemagne
Buch. Etat : Neu. nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware - Printed after ordering - Syria: The Desert and the Sown presents a unique and sensitive picture of the Syrian people whilst under the rule of the Ottoman Empire. Originally published in 1907, the book studies the effects of western cultural advancements in the area, as the devastating upheavals of the First World War were yet to come. Syria was then: 'merely a geographical term corresponding to no national sentiment in the breasts of the inhabitants', Lady Bell writes. Syria was infinitely divided into sects, castes and tribes, each following their own age-old customs and laws. Various Arab-speaking races were prevented from waging constant war on one another only by 'the ragged half fed soldier who draws at rare intervals the Sultan's pay'.Bell attempts to see deny her orientalist tendencies by envisioning her experience through the eyes of an Arab nomad. She becomes aware that the desert 'is set thicker with human associations than any city. Every line of it took on significance, every stone was like the ghost to a hearth in which the warmth of Arab life was hardly cold, though the fire might have been extinguished this hundred years'. Her sympathy with the people she meets, and her respect for their traditions, raises Syria: The Desert and the Sown well above the ordinary travel book. The strong sense of history conveyed by the writing is reinforced by the author's own photographs of ruins, including temples and shrines on the ancient roads between Jerusalem and Antioch.
Edité par Darf Publishers Ltd, 1985
ISBN 10 : 185077062X ISBN 13 : 9781850770626
Vendeur : moluna, Greven, Allemagne
Gebunden. Etat : New. Dieser Artikel ist ein Print on Demand Artikel und wird nach Ihrer Bestellung fuer Sie gedruckt. Lady Gertrude Lowthian Bell presents a unique and sensitive picture of the Syrian subjects of the Ottoman Empire shortly after the turn of the century. Her sympathy with the people and her respect for their traditions raises this book well above the ordinar.