Publication

1994-05-09 - Flamingo

Language

English

Word Count

64,000 words, Guess

Page Count

256 pages

Identifiers

and 1 more

Classifications

  • LCCDS165 .M37 1994
  • LCCDS165.M37 1994
  • DDC956.62

Description

After centuries of prominence as a world power, Armenia has withstood every attempt during the 20th century to destroy it. With a name redolent both of dim antiquity and of a modern world and its tensions, the Armenians founded a civilization and underwent a diaspora that brought many of the great ideas of the East to Western Europe. The Crossing Place is Philip Marsden’s gripping account of his remarkable journey through the Middle East, Eastern Europe and the Caucasus in a quest to discover the secret of one of the world’s most extraordinary peoples. Caught between opposing empires, between warring religions and ideologies – at the crossing place of history – the Armenians have somehow survived against the odds. This is their story – told by one of the finest travel writers at work today.

First Sentence

One summer, walking in the hills of Eastern Turkey, I came across a short piece of bone.

Subjects

Times

AniClujIasiSofiaKonyaCrimeaBeirut

Other Editions

  • The Crossing Place: A Journey among the ArmeniansFlamingo1994-05-09

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