London: Harper Collins, 1997. In near Fine unclipped dust jacket. Decorative endpapers. "It is a rich and gripping blend of history and spirituality, adventure and politics, laced with a thread of black comedy." The author retraces the footsteps of monks John Moschos and his pupil Sophronius the Sophist through eastern Turkey, the ruins of Beirut, the West Bank and southern Egypt. Signed by author on the title page. x, 484 pp.