Account of a journey that began in Italy, encompassed the Middle East and ended in Ethiopia, at the subterranean tomb of a medieval king. This work combines a young man's enthusiasm with an historian'
Once Timbuktu was the seat of African civilisation and the world's richest city, romanticised by the great 16th Century traveller Leo Africanus , now THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE. Half a millennium later, gu
An epic modern-day quest across the Sahara and a unique insight into the nomadic communities that surround the legendary city, by award-winning travel writer Nicholas Jubber.
Iran and Afghanistan. Two modern countries so overtaken by Islamic fundamentalism that many citizens spend their entire lives hiding what they do, enjoy, and value. To better understand the cultural
The Sahara: a dream-like, far away landscape of Lawrence of Arabia and Wilfred Thesiger, The English Patient and Star Wars, and home to nomadic communities whose ways of life stretch back millennia. T
A boatload of men rushing away from a war-zone, seeking sanctuary in the islands of the Mediterranean...A squabble amongst the French political elite, over the best way to 'deal with Islam'...A broken
