A Middle East Mosaic: fragments of life, letters and history

This symphony of voices, full of wit and wisdom, spite and wonder, suspicion, befuddlement and occasional insight, is ordered and explained in this volume by our foremost living historian of the Middle East. The fruit of a lifetime of scholarship, this book is a dazzling capstone to a brilliant career. In a spirited reappraisal of Western views of the East and Eastern views of the West, the author gives us an overview of two thousand years of commerce, diplomacy, war and exploration.