Damascus and Palmyra: a Journey to the East. with a Sketch of the State and Prospects of Syria Under Ibrahim Pasha. [with 10 Illustrations B

Publisher Marketing: Title: Damascus and Palmyra: a journey to the East. With a sketch of the state and prospects of Syria under Ibrahim Pasha. [With 10 illustrations by W. M. Thackeray.]Publisher: British Library, Historical Print EditionsThe British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom. It is one of the world's largest research libraries holding over 150 million items in all known languages and formats: books, journals, newspapers, sound recordings, patents, maps, stamps, prints and much more. Its collections include around 14 million books, along with substantial additional collections of manuscripts and historical items dating back as far as 300 BC. The HISTORY OF THE MIDDLE EAST collection includes books from the British Library digitised by Microsoft. This collection reflects the changing perceptions of Western historians, travellers, traders, and others surveying the Middle East. Texts and first-person travelogues include illustrated volumes. Other works focus on the earlier history of Persian and Arabic areas of the world. ++++The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification: ++++ British Library Addison, Charles Greenstreet; Thackeray, William Makepeace; 1838. 2 vol.; 8 . C.193.a.30. Contributor Bio:  Addison, Charles Greenstreet Charles Greenstreet Addison was an English barrister and historical, travel, and legal writer during the nineteenth century. He is the author of Damascusand Palmyra, The Temple Church, andtwo legal textbooks, A Treatise on the Law of Contracts and Wrongsand their Remedies, and A Treatise on the Law of Torts. He lived in England. Contributor Bio:  Thackeray, William Makepeace William Makepeace Thackeray was a nineteenth century English novelist who was most famous for his classic novel, Vanity Fair, a satirical portrait of English society. With an early career as a satirist and parodist, Thackeray shared a fondness for roguish characters that is evident in his early works such as Vanity Fair, The Luck of Barry Lyndon, and Catherine, and was ranked second only to Charles Dickens during the height of his career. In his later work, Thackeray transitioned from the satirical tone for which he was known to a more traditional Victorian narrative, the most notable of which is The History of Henry Esmond. Thackeray died in 1863.