South from Barbary: Along the Slave Routes of the Libyan Sahara

by Justin Marozzi

Book Overview

The stunning debut of a talented young travel writer.

'South from Barbary' - as 19th-century Europeans knew North Africa - is the compelling account of Justin Marozzi's 1,500-mile journey by camel along the slave-trade routes of the Libyan Sahara.

Marozzi and his travelling companion Ned had never travelled in the desert, nor had they ridden camels before embarking on this expedition. Encouraged by a series of idiosyncratic Tuareg...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0006531172
• ISBN13: 9780006531173
• Release Date: May 2002
• Publisher: Flamingo
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.4" x 7.8"