Cleopatra's Wedding Present: Travels Through Syria [Idioma Inglés] - Softcover

"'A gripping, hard-edged, and highly entertaining travelogue, borne up by a journalist's eye for stories and a traveller's love of the random experience' - Independent on Sunday 'A gripping, hard-edged, and highly entertaining travelogue, borne up by a journalist's eye for stories and a traveller's love of the random experience' - Independent on Sunday 'This is one of those rare books that pounces upon you and chivvies you into a state of proselytising enthusiasm. It is much more than a travel book about Syria, although as such it is marvellous' - Daily Telegraph 'Tewdwr Moss's intense, evocative account of his travels through Syria is a perfect book of its kind' - Times Literary Supplement 'Perhaps because he was an outsider, Robert had an enormous capacity for befriending strangers... it is this capacity that enabled him to have the unique experiences that so enrich his book' - Evening Standard 'A fine piece of travel writing... This is not a dutiful or nicely turned examination of a country, but it is a well-informed guide to a larger interior landscape' - Literary Review 'It would be hard to find a more archly entertaining, slyly informative, or poignant travel book than this' - Independent 'The book's series of entertaining vignettes is testimony not only to the author's literary skills but to his courage, curiosity and happy knack of befriending anyone he met' - Mail on Sunday 'This elegant work stands comparison with early Evelyn Waugh' - Independent 'A work with the potential to become a cult classic' - Observer 'A small masterpiece and a delicate work of English whimsy' - Sunday Times"

Robert Tewdwr Moss' Syria is a place of contrasts. From the legendary city of Palmyra and its mysterious carved deities to the collapsing mud-brick houses of the deserted back streets, "Cleopatra's Wedding Present" takes the reader on a journey that is exotic, scurrilous and thoroughly entertaining. Tewdwr Moss, a brilliant young writer who was murdered in London the day he finished the book, left this lyrical gem as his legacy. A memoir of his travels through Syria and his exploration into the region's culture and explosive politics, it conveys what so many westerners find both fascinating and frightening in the Middle East. A chilling history of ethnic crimes, a picaresque adventure story, a colourful travelogue and a poignant romance, it captivates from the very first page.. NOTA: El libro no está en español, sino en inglés.