Morocco by Margaret Bidwell

Morocco by Margaret Bidwell

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Zusammenfassung

This work looks at Morocco through the eyes of past travellers to the country. It offers selections from the writings of Defoe, Pepys, Twain, Orwell, Wharton, Leo Africanus and others, containing sketches of Sultans, the women of the harem, Barbary pirates, medicine, folk-tales, recipes and more.

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Morocco by Margaret Bidwell

This work looks at Morocco through the eyes of past travellers to the country. In its pages, the reader will find portraits of past Sultans, of notables and townsmen, of women of the harem and of Morocco's proud tribal peoples. There are sketches of sumptuous entertainment, of religious festivals, of saints and their shrines, of dervishes and snake charmers. There is an account of an encounter between European sailors and the infamous pirates of the Barbary coast, and there are descriptions of childhood, marriage and the practice of medicine in old Morocco. Favourite Moroccan folk-tales and recipes have also been included and the book offers today's traveller a unique glimpse of this rich and flourishing country. Among the diverse writings collected together in this book are pieces by Pepys, Defoe, Twain, Orwell and Wharton, famous Muslim travellers like Leo Africanus, plus a fascinating array of merchants, sailors, consuls and scholars.
SKU Nicht verfügbar
ISBN 13 9781850435563
ISBN 10 1850435561
Titel Morocco
Autor Margaret Bidwell
Serie Traveller's Companion S
Buchzustand Nicht verfügbar
Bindungsart Paperback
Verlag Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Erscheinungsjahr 1992-12-31
Seitenanzahl 300
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