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Athos: The Holy Mountain
Sydney Loch
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Description for Athos: The Holy Mountain
Paperback. "It calls for a writer more able at words to picture the sheer beauty of the Mountain. To convey the altering feeling of morning, or high noon; of afternoon, and deep midnight; of the golden scores of stars puncturing the sky." Num Pages: 288 pages, 22 black and white integrated illustrations and 1 map. BIC Classification: 1DVG; HRCC8; HRCX8; JFSJ2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Athos, the Holy Mountain of Greece, is one of the most mysterious places in the world. A rugged pyramid that rises up from the Aegean Sea, this mountain is wreathed in myth, legend and ancient traditions that to this day remain largely hidden from view. The heart of Athos started to beat at the dawn of Christianity and its community lays claim to being the oldest democracy in the world. An entirely autonomous region of the Hellenic Republic, it is home to twenty Eastern Orthodox monasteries that cling to its rocky flanks. No women are allowed to set foot upon ... Read more
Athos, the Holy Mountain of Greece, is one of the most mysterious places in the world. A rugged pyramid that rises up from the Aegean Sea, this mountain is wreathed in myth, legend and ancient traditions that to this day remain largely hidden from view. The heart of Athos started to beat at the dawn of Christianity and its community lays claim to being the oldest democracy in the world. An entirely autonomous region of the Hellenic Republic, it is home to twenty Eastern Orthodox monasteries that cling to its rocky flanks. No women are allowed to set foot upon ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
I.B. Tauris & Co. Ltd.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781784537999
SKU
V9781784537999
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99-50
About Sydney Loch
Sydney Loch was born in Ealing in 1888 and emigrated to Australia in 1905. An Anzac veteran, Loch wrote the once-banned, but now classic, account of Gallipoli, To Hell and Back. In 1922, Loch and his wife, Joyce, worked as aid workers in Thessaloniki, helping many Greeks escape Turkey and later rescued thousands of Polish and Jewish children from the ... Read more
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