In 1187, nearly a century after the victorious First Crusade, Saladin captured Jerusalem. The Templars, headquartered on the Temple Mount, were driven from the city along with the Frankish population. This book explores the rise and fall of the Templars against the backdrop of the Crusader ideal and[...]

This is a literary, social and political portrait of Alexandria during the first half of the twentieth century, a high-point in its history. Drawing on diaries, letters and interviews, Michael Haag recovers the lost life of the city, its cosmopolitan inhabitants and its literary characters. Located[...]

TRAVELLERS-sarjan teokset tunnetaan maailmanlaajuisesti laadukkaina maa- ja alueoppaina - nyt ne alkavat ilmestyä myös Suomeksi. Kaikkiaan sarjassa on ilmestynyt englanniksi noin 100 teosta.Kukin kirja esittelee lyhyesti historiaa, hallintoa, kulttuuria sekä muuta faktatietoa kohteesta. Käytänn[...]

Cairo is an exploding modern metropolis of eighteen million people that nevertheless preserves within its heart the finest medieval city in the world, its alleys, mosques, and caravanserais the original setting for the Arabian Nights, whose atmosphere is palpable still for the visitor wandering thro[...]