From The Holy Mountain by William Dalrymple glimmers of hope and bitter

glimmers of hope and bitter twists of fate

What they find will set them on a hunt for a prize greater than they could ever imagine

bold and instantly recognisable with Quentin Blake's inimitable artwork

Blending breathtaking adventure with a brooding sense of mystery and menace

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From The Holy Mountain by William Dalrymple glimmers of hope and bitterIn 587 a. d., two monks set off on an extraordinary journey that would take them in an arc across the entire Byzantine world, from the shores of the Bosphorus to the sand dunes of Egypt. On the way John Moschos and his pupil Sophronius the Sophist stayed in caves, monasteries, and remote hermitages, collecting the wisdom of the stylites and the desert fathers before their fragile world finally shattered under the great eruption of Islam. More than a