The author, who has lived in Alexandria, and has known Lawrence Durrell and others who lived there during its cosmopolitan heyday, retraces their footsteps to present an account of the places and the people of this most remarkable of cities. In the decades before Nasser's seizure of power and the Suez crisis...more details Format:Hardback
Dan Brown's thriller The Da Vinci Code has created an extraordinary Christian controversy, with its sub-plots of the feminine in religion, the bloodline of Christ...more details Format:Paperback Pages:208
The new exhibition Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs offers a unique insight into the art, wealth and power of Egypt's New Kingdom. "The Rough Guide to Tutankahmun" provides all the background...more details Format:Paperback Pages:224