Half Hours in the Holy Land - Travels in Egypt, Palestine , Syria [c.1896] sarah ban breathnach through the early colonial period

through the early colonial period when each colony built its own lights and to 1915 when the Commonwealth took control

The Island of the Dead with its barred and locked door set low on the water-line

vividly described with no punches pulled

Follis’s memoir reads like a thriller

Robert Mann listens to the stories the dead have to tell

Half Hours in the Holy Land - Travels in Egypt, Palestine , Syria [c.1896] sarah ban breathnach through the early colonial periodHalf Hours in the Holy Land Travels in Egypt, Palestine, Syria 'The Half Hour Library of Travel, Nature and Science for young Readers'. "with numerous illustrations" James Nisbet & Co, No Date, (c1896). 341 pages. Frontispiece & 28 other black and white plates and many other illustrations in text, Red cloth cover with gold embossed titles and decoration and black line illustrations. Very Good Condition, a little rubbing to edges, cover is in good