I hope that the reader will not regard the contents of this book as an escape from the present world but rather as a key part of it.


Introduction - Adventures in the Nearest East (1957)


I hope that the reader will not regard the contents of this book as an escape from the present world but rather as a key part of it.

I hope that the reader will not regard the contents of this book as an escape from the present world but rather as a key part of it.

I hope that the reader will not regard the contents of this book as an escape from the present world but rather as a key part of it.

I hope that the reader will not regard the contents of this book as an escape from the present world but rather as a key part of it.