Anfang des 19. Jahrhunderts stolpert ein junger ungarischer Student während seines Studiums in Göttingen über die Theorie, die Ungarn stammten von einem Hiung-nu genannten Volk im Himalaya ab, über das in einem buddhistischen Kloster in der verbotenen Stadt Lhasa Aufzeichnungen existierten. Er setzt sich in den Kopf, diese Aufzeichnungen zu finden, lernt 16 Sprachen - einschließlich des Tibetischen - und begibt sich 1818 zu Fuß auf eine Reise, von der er nie zurückkehren wird. In seiner fesselnd erzählten Geschichte nimmt Edward Fox uns mit auf die strapaziöse und abenteuerliche Reise des Alexander Csoma de Kirös zum Dach der Welt.
What do Oman, Nigeria and Tonga have in common? They all have monarchies. No matter where, royalty always has certain characteristics - a distance from the common people, ceremonies, a household of courtiers, coronations and so on. This book looks at some of the world's more obscure monarchies.
Part travelogue, part true-thriller, Edward Fox's brilliantly original book investigates the murder of a US archaeologist on the West Bank in 1992 and opens up the Palestinian world he served - a Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil of Palestine and the West Bank. On 19 January 1992, Dr Albert Glock - US citizen, archaeologist and Director of Archaeology at Bir Zeit University in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, was murdered by an assassin. Two bullets to the heart. The witness statements were confused, the autopsy inadequate. The police took three hours to arrive at the scene, from their HQ ten minutes away. Who killed Albert Glock? The Palestinians blamed the Israelis, the Israelis blamed an inter-departmental feud at the university, or extreme Palestinian groups. But those close to Bir Zeit, to the political situation on the West Bank, had a simple line of advice: 'Look to the archaeology, ' they repeated. 'Look to the archaeology.' For Albert Glock had started to uncover truths about the distant Palestinian past which Israel found uncomfortable. For Israel, Palestine was a country without a people - for a people without a country. Now Glock, through his archaeological finds, was showing that their version was flawed. He was publishing papers about the ancient traditions and settlements throughout Palestine, and discovering hugely significant facts about the ancient Palestinian way of life. Glock had given up a glittering career to teach at Palestine's beleaguered, besieged and underfunded university which faced closure at worst, and curfew at best - daily. Edward Fox's extraordinary book weaves together the story of Glock's murder with the history of biblical archaeology and the brutal, Byzantine politics of the intifada. It is written as a true-life thriller which opens up the Palestine in which Glock lived and worked, the people he knew and the turbulent politics of the middle east. This is brilliantly original writing and compelling storytelling quite unlike any other work yet published on the Middle East
The book is a reprint of a classic work originally published in 1874, preserving its historical significance and literary value. It offers readers a glimpse into the themes, style, and context of the time it was written, making it a valuable addition for those interested in historical literature and the evolution of storytelling.
