In an Antique Land

In an Antique Land is a subversive history in the guise of a traveller’s tale.

Bursting with anecdote and exuberant detail, it offers a mag-ical, intimate biography of the private life of a country, Egypt, from the Crusades to Operation Desert Storm.

Ghosh is an engagingly humble and receptive traveller… a refreshing reversal of the usual power relationship between the observing (European) travel writer and his indigenous subjects, Guardian

‘Ghosh’s book is extraordinary; a travel book that reaches back into the twelfth century as it touches on the dilemmas of our own time.’ Sunday Times