Cleopatra's Wedding Present: Travels Through Syria Cleopatra's Wedding Present is the rare book that captivates its reader from the first page. Like the best travel books, Robert Tewdwr Moss's memoir of his travels through Syria resonates on many levels: as a profoundly telling vivisection of Middle Eastern society, a chilling history of ethnic crimes, a picaresque adventure story, a purely entertaining travelogue, and a poignant romance. The Wisconsin edition is only for sale in the United States and it's dependencies. |
Contents
Syria | 13 |
A Fellow Englishman | 20 |
Cupids Bow | 29 |
Sunset in Serjilla | 36 |
Crossing the River Quaik | 46 |
Bassel on Horseback | 53 |
The Almonds Heart | 58 |
The Monastery of St Moses | 68 |
Where Elijah Anointed Elisha | 137 |
The English Will Give You Everything | 146 |
Their Names | 151 |
Tofodal | 158 |
The Perfect Smile of Kallil | 167 |
Saladin Foiled at Masyaf | 175 |
Abducted in Arcadia | 183 |
Dust in the Air | 194 |
Mohammad | 73 |
The Island in Syria | 80 |
Damascus | 86 |
The Perfume of Rosewater | 91 |
Money from Iran | 102 |
Rising Rain | 108 |
Almost Untouched | 115 |
Jihad? | 129 |
I Am for Iraq | 203 |
Israels Secret Weapon | 209 |
A Ring of Silver | 219 |
So Why? | 224 |
A Letter on Grey Paper | 232 |
Epilogue | 242 |