'Twixt Sand and Sea HC Noord-Afrika Maghreb

Hardcover met stofomslag. Grant, Cyril Fletcher; Grant, L. Twixt Sand and Sea: Sketches and Studies in North Africa. London: Darf Publishers Limited, 1986. xii+504 blz. Met illustraties. Boek in goede staat.
Herdruk van de 1911 editie.

The principal ingredients of North Africa sand that seems to stretch out into infinity ... the ruins of three great civilisations ... and the glory of the golden haze over the desert- can be felt on every page as the writers describe each keenly observed place and incident. The past plays a great part in this narrative, from the history of Carthage, through the Punic Wars, the Roman Empire in North Africa when systematic irrigation turned Africa into the granary of Rome to the growth of Christianity, invasions of Vandals and Byzantines and, finally, the spread of Islam.
The reader is shown great cities Kairouan and its beautiful mosques, Algiers, the lair of the corsairs- and Bedouin camps where people eke out their living in the harsh desert. Most fascinating of all, perhaps, are the cave-dwellings of the Matmatas, unchanged for centuries (bron: tekst op stofomslag).

Reisverslag over een tocht door Noord-Afrika. Maghreb. Referentienummer 9678.

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