From the Holy Mountain

From the Holy MountainBy: William Dalrymple In the spring of A. D. 587, John Moschos and his pupil Sophronius the Sophist embarked on a remarkable expedition across the entire Byzantine world, traveling from the shores of Bosphorus to the sand dunes of Egypt. Using Moschoss writings as his guide and inspiration, the acclaimed travel writer William Dalrymple retraces the footsteps of these two monks, providing along the way a moving elegy to the slowly dying civilization of

central figure in the greatest and richest political tapestry of our nation’s entire history” —Nigel Hamilton

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