The storied city
Subtitle: the quest for Timbuktu and the fantastic mission to save its past
By: Charlie English
Published: 2017
Language: eng
Number of pages: 400
ISBN-13: 9781594634284
Subjects: Islamic learning and scholarship; Antiquities; Libraries; Arabic Manuscripts; Protection; Cultural property; Destruction and pillage; Discovery and exploration; History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Prologue: a man of enterprise and genius; title: Occupation; title: A seeker of manuscripts; title: A wide extended blank; title: Hell is not far away; title: The fourth traveller; title: Al-Qaeda to the rescue; title: It shall be mine; title: Ismael's list; title: Destruction; title: The armchair explorer; title: A headless horseman; title: The pope of Timbuktu; title: Secret agents; title: Liberation; title: Lives of the scholars; title: The terrible twosome; title: King Leopold's paperweight; title: Auto-da-fé; title: Chronicle of the seeker; title: An Indiana Jones moment in real life!; title: Manuscript fever; title: The myth factory; title: Epilogue.