On the Shores of the Mediterranean
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As they travel around the sea at the center of Western history, Eric Newby and his wife Wanda visit not only the better-known Meditteranean sights and cities but also venture into places where Westerners are few: Albania under Hoxha, the holy Muslim city of Fez, and a country about to disappear in civil war - the former Yugoslavia. Eric Newby entertains and enlightens as he follows in the footsteps of Cleopatra and St.John, and waits for a meeting with Colonel Gaddafi. With his customary flair for descripiton, he is equally at ease pondering King David's choice of Jerusalem as the site of a capital city or enjoying a meal cooked by one of France's finest chefs. His acute curiosity and encyclopedia knowledge combine to make absorbing reading, whether he is explaining the workings of a defunct Turkish harem or the contemporary Mafia. From antiquity to the present, Eric Newby's erudite, engaging tale is not a simple tour but a "tour de force."
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