From the Holy Mountain: A Journey In The Shadow of ByzantiumA rich blend of history and spirituality, adventure and politics, laced with the thread of black comedy familiar to readers of William Dalrymples previous work. In AD 587, two monks, John Moschos and Sophronius the Sophist, embarked on an extraordinary journey across the Byzantine world, from the shores of the Bosphorus to the sand dunes of Egypt. Their aim: to collect the wisdom of the sages and mystics of the Byzantine East before their fragile