{"product_id":"9780571246632-market-of-seleukia","title":"The Market of Seleukia","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eshowing us the enthralling interplay of politics, avarice, hate, national pride, and religious fanaticism in that part of the globe.' \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Market of Seleukia\u003c\/b\u003e is a portrait of the Middle East at the catalytic moment of the Suez Crisis.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e'As a work of descripton and evocation [\u003cb\u003eThe Market of Seleukia\u003c\/b\u003e] is wonderful . showing us the enthralling interplay of politics, avarice, hate, national pride, and religious fanaticism in that part of the globe.' \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Market of Seleukia\u003c\/b\u003e is a portrait of the Middle East at the catalytic moment of the Suez Crisis. Jan Morris covers the vast, colourful and dramatic ground of Egypt and Sudan; Lebanon, Syria, Jordan; the Arabian Peninsula; Iraq and Iran. With superb liveliness and lucidity, she traces the complicated and shifting patterns in this most tangled of webs: the Anglo-American oil war; the American Soviet struggle for dominance; the explosive impact of Nasser's nationalism; irrigation and reclamation; Islam; Israel. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut \u003cb\u003eMarket of Seleukia\u003c\/b\u003e is much more than political reporting: with wit, style and feeling, it captures the very texture of the Middle East. It is brilliantly observed and magnificently written, a book of major importance for today.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41524842496097,"sku":"9780571246632","price":16.79,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_28459908.jpg?v=1771488695","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9780571246632-market-of-seleukia","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}