{"product_id":"market-of-seleukia","title":"Market of Seleukia","description":"\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","brand":"Faber \u0026 Faber","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54258595201368,"sku":"9780571246632","price":22.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9780571246632_88905a66-b8fb-4711-b342-71def73cd54e.jpg?v=1777704328","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/market-of-seleukia","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}