In 1955 the Sultanate of Muscat and Oman was truly a medieval Islamic state. The journey made by the author and described in this book could, perhaps, be thought of as the last of the classic journeys of the Arabian peninsula. It was attended by few of the hardships and dangers of its terrible camel-back predecessors, for it was undertaken by motor convoy, led by an Arab prince entirely within his own domains, in an area of the world which had been shuttered against all progress by its traditionalist and autocratic ruler. Jan Morris is the author of "Venice", "Oxford", "Spain", "Conundrum" and "Last Letters From Hav".
- ISBN10 0099727307
- ISBN13 9780099727309
- Publish Date 19 April 1990 (first published September 1983)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 6 April 1999
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher Cornerstone
- Imprint Arrow Books Ltd
- Edition New edition
- Format Paperback
- Pages 144
- Language English