Princeton University Press 1985. hbk 203pp ISBN: 0691094152 dj sl shelf worn now in protective sleeve excellent clean tight text Princeton University Press, 1985, unknown
New York: Walker and Company 2003. First Edition. 8vo. Cloth binding 400 pp. Just before the year 1000 a young Viking named Thorvald turned his back on the pagan gods of his fathers to preach the Christian gospel. But his Icelandic countrymen mocked and outlawed him. Abandoning his homeland Thorvald embarked on an epic journey to the heart of all medieval world maps -- Jerusalem. A thousand years later Victoria Clark embarked on the same journey to discover to what extent the dramatic changes and conflicts sweeping Western Europe a millennium ago still resonate today. The Far-Farers is both the story of this twenty-first-century journey and a history of eleventh-century western Christendom. In this remarkable book Clark illuminates a group of influential eleventh-century characters -- Thorvald emperors of eastern and western Christendom abbots saints princesses Crusaders -- who form links in a historical chain extending down the century and all the way from Iceland to the Holy Land. Western Europe was struggling to unite then expanding rapidly and changing utterly. Warfare peacekeeping multinational monasticism institutional power struggles mass pilgrim travel and rising religious fundamentalism were a few salient characteristics of this world -- a world more like our own than we might imagine. The twenty-first-century people Clark encountered as she traveled through Iceland central and Western Europe the Balkans Turkey and the Middle East cast fresh light on both worlds. In the ancient capital of Poland a young Catholic priest scorns the idea of Europe uniting in the name of human rights instead of Christ. At the Crusader stronghold of Krak les Chevaliers a Syrian playboy highlights the deep and widening gulf between the West and Islam. A richly evocative and beautifully written work The Far-Farers is neither conventional history nor travel but a powerful and authoritative demonstration of our enduring connection with the distant past. New in new dustjacket. First Edition. Cloth. New/New. Illus. by Illustrated. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Walker and Company hardcover
New York: Walker and Company 2003. First Edition. 8vo. Cloth binding 400 pp. Just before the year 1000 a young Viking named Thorvald turned his back on the pagan gods of his fathers to preach the Christian gospel. But his Icelandic countrymen mocked and outlawed him. Abandoning his homeland Thorvald embarked on an epic journey to the heart of all medieval world maps -- Jerusalem. A thousand years later Victoria Clark embarked on the same journey to discover to what extent the dramatic changes and conflicts sweeping Western Europe a millennium ago still resonate today. The Far-Farers is both the story of this twenty-first-century journey and a history of eleventh-century western Christendom. In this remarkable book Clark illuminates a group of influential eleventh-century characters -- Thorvald emperors of eastern and western Christendom abbots saints princesses Crusaders -- who form links in a historical chain extending down the century and all the way from Iceland to the Holy Land. Western Europe was struggling to unite then expanding rapidly and changing utterly. Warfare peacekeeping multinational monasticism institutional power struggles mass pilgrim travel and rising religious fundamentalism were a few salient characteristics of this world -- a world more like our own than we might imagine. The twenty-first-century people Clark encountered as she traveled through Iceland central and Western Europe the Balkans Turkey and the Middle East cast fresh light on both worlds. In the ancient capital of Poland a young Catholic priest scorns the idea of Europe uniting in the name of human rights instead of Christ. At the Crusader stronghold of Krak les Chevaliers a Syrian playboy highlights the deep and widening gulf between the West and Islam. A richly evocative and beautifully written work The Far-Farers is neither conventional history nor travel but a powerful and authoritative demonstration of our enduring connection with the distant past. New in new dustjacket. First Edition. Cloth. New/New. Illus. by Illustrated. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Walker and Company hardcover
Uxbridge United Kingdom: Scorpion Publications 1977. Illustrated card light rubbing. 'This book shows how Ottoman architecture first appeared & then follows its development through the soaring elegance of the classical age to the opulent curves of the baroque. The text combines scholarship with humour & is complemented by a comprehensive wealth of carefully chosen illustrations both in colour & black & white.' . - - - for other titles covering the mid east & islamic countries enter ISLAMICNATIONS into keyword & search. Paperback. Soft Cover. Very Good/No Dj. 215x200mm. Scorpion Publications paperback
2000 . Pemberton Delia. EGYPTIAN MUMMIES: PEOPLE FROM THE PAST. London: British Museum Press c2000. First US edtion c2001. First printing. 47pp glossary sources index 4to As new hardbound in d/w $12.00. hardcover
2000 . Chihuly. CHIHULY JERUSALEM 2000. Seattle WA: Portland Press c2000. First edition. 234pp illustrated in color. 4to. As new hardcover copy with as new dust jacket $50.00 hardcover
2004 . Wynbrandt James. A BRIEF HISTORY OF SAUDI ARABIA. NY: Checkmark Books c2004. First printing. 334pp b/w photos index. 8vo. New softcover copy $12.95 paperback
2005 . Nivat Anne. THE WAKE OF WAR; ENCOUNTERS WITH THE PEOPLE OF IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN. Translated Jane Todd. Boston: Beacon Press c2005. 304pp. 8vo. notes biblio. New copy in d/j. $19.95 unknown
New York NY U.S.A.: Oxford University Press Incorporated 2003 Dj has some edge wrinkles and few light rubs and indentations. 1st Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Oxford University Press, Incorporated hardcover
Oakland California U.S.A.: Lonely Planet 2001 Close to as new with spine crease. Seventh Edition. Trade Paperback. Very Good. 12mo - over 6�" - 7�" Tall. Lonely Planet paperback
New York New York U.S.A.: Mjf Books 1997 DJ has two small edge tears otherwise very good. Reprint. Hard Cover. Like New/Good . 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Mjf Books hardcover
Cambridge Massachusetts U.S.A.: Belknap Press/Harvard University 1991 No price on DJ. Possibly book club. Hard Cover. Like New/Very Good. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Belknap Press/Harvard University hardcover
New York NY U.S.A.: Walker & Company 2003 Minor dj edge wear. 1st American. Hard Cover. Like New/Very Good. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Walker & Company hardcover
New York N. Y.: Warner Books Inc 1992 Light corner cover crease. 13th Printing. Trade Paperback. Good . 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" Tall. Warner Books Inc paperback
New York NY U.S.A.: Doubleday 2002 Close to as new with bottom edge bumps. 1st Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Doubleday hardcover
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