Sheba
Subtitle: through the deseart in search of the legendary queen
By: Nicholas Clapp.
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
Published: 2001
Place of publication: Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 372
Subjects: Sheba, -- Queen of. -- Legends; Clapp, Nicholas -- Travel -- Middle East; Middle East -- Description and travel
Genres: Legends.
Description: "Three thousand years ago, a dusky queen swept into the court of King Solomon and from that time to the present day, her tale has been told and retold. Who was this queen? Did she really exist? In a quixotic odyssey that takes him to Ethiopia, Arabia, Israel, and even a village in France, Nicholas Clapp seeks the underlying truth, behind the multifaceted myth of the queen of Sheba."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 337-356) and index.