Gods of the Stones

Travels in the Middle East

Peter Riordan (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

360 Seiten

2011
David Bateman Ltd (Verlag)
978-1-86953-798-2 (ISBN)

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Gods of the Stones retraces the steps of famed English travel writer H.V. Morton who undertook a series of journeys in the 1930s to the great religions and historical sites of the Middle East. Morton's focus was the beginnings of Christianity, but he also observed the daily lives and traditions of the people he met along the way. The three books that emerged from these travels cemented his reputation as one of the greats of his genre and are still in print today. In 2009 New Zealand travel writer Peter Riordan set off in the footsteps of Morton using Morton's books as travel guides - a journey that took him through Egypt, Jordan, Israel, Syria, Lebanon, Turkey, Cyprus and Greece. Also tracing the remnants of Christianity, Peter explores the religious, cultural and political pressures shaping the region today and finds that while much has changed (and is still changing today), much endures fundamentally unchanged.

Peter Riordan has worked as a journalist in New Zealand and Australia. He is currently a freelance editor and writer in Wellington, New Zealand. His first book, Motorcycle Masala, won the City of Brisbane/Singapore Airlines Prize for Asia-Pacific Travel Writing in 2000. He has also written Strangers in my Sleeper, an award-winning account of his travels by rail on the Indian subcontinent.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	20.10.2011
Zusatzinfo	colour illustrations, maps
Verlagsort	Auckland
Sprache	englisch
Maße	129 x 198 mm
Themenwelt	Reisen ► Reiseberichte ► Naher Osten
Themenwelt	Reisen ► Reiseberichte ► Asien
ISBN-10	1-86953-798-X / 186953798X
ISBN-13	978-1-86953-798-2 / 9781869537982
Zustand	Neuware