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• Libya (Lonely Planet Country Guide)

  Anthony Ham

  
  
   

• Libya Berlitz Pocket Guide

  
  
   

• A Traveller's History of North Africa: From Carthage to Casablanca

  Barnaby Rogerson

  
  
   

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

  Justin Marozzi

  
  Camel journeys may belong to a bygone era, but the British have long had an affinity with the resilient animals. With South from Barbary, Justin Marozzi becomes the latest writer to follow in the tradition of Wilfred Thesiger and Michael Asher. Having known Libya since a young age, Marozzi set out two years ago to cross the Libyan Sahara by camel. Travelling with a friend, Ned, five camels and a succession of guides, Marozzi crossed 1150 miles of the great desert.

  Travel books usually benefit from the author having more than a passing knowledge of a place. Unfortunately, however, although Marozzi's debut is strong on Saharan cultures and early European explorers, he has an awkward prose style that tends to be over-laden with adverbs, adjectives and discordant similes. He also has a rosy-eyed view of the history of British involvement with the slave trade, waxing lyrical over 19th century attempts to suppress the trade while largely ignoring the fact that Britain was the leading beneficiary of the Atlantic trade throughout the 18th century.

  That is not to say that the book is without merit. In the second half the story picks up, and the prose becomes less stodgy. The desert journey appears to improve Marozzi's qualities of empathy, and he is never less than honest about the behaviour of Ned and himself. In the end, though, South From Barbary seems to be an opportunity missed. Although Marozzi's work is erudite on Libya's history, room remains for a book that deals more richly with the nature of modern Libya. --Toby Green

  
   

• Libya - Culture Smart!

  Roger Jones

  
  
   

• Jewish Life in Muslim Libya: Rivals and Relatives

  Harvey E. Goldberg

  
  
   

• Libya (Travel Reference Map) (Travel Reference Map)

  International Travel Maps

  
  
   

• Tunisia and Libya (Cadogan Guides)

  Barnaby Rogerson, Rose Baring

  
  
   

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

  Justin Marozzi

  
  Camel journeys may belong to a bygone era, but the British have long had an affinity with the resilient animals. With South from Barbary, Justin Marozzi becomes the latest writer to follow in the tradition of Wilfred Thesiger and Michael Asher. Having known Libya since a young age, Marozzi set out two years ago to cross the Libyan Sahara by camel. Travelling with a friend, Ned, five camels and a succession of guides, Marozzi crossed 1150 miles of the great desert.

  Travel books usually benefit from the author having more than a passing knowledge of a place. Unfortunately, however, although Marozzi's debut is strong on Saharan cultures and early European explorers, he has an awkward prose style that tends to be over-laden with adverbs, adjectives and discordant similes. He also has a rosy-eyed view of the history of British involvement with the slave trade, waxing lyrical over 19th century attempts to suppress the trade while largely ignoring the fact that Britain was the leading beneficiary of the Atlantic trade throughout the 18th century.

  That is not to say that the book is without merit. In the second half the story picks up, and the prose becomes less stodgy. The desert journey appears to improve Marozzi's qualities of empathy, and he is never less than honest about the behaviour of Ned and himself. In the end, though, South From Barbary seems to be an opportunity missed. Although Marozzi's work is erudite on Libya's history, room remains for a book that deals more richly with the nature of modern Libya. --Toby Green

  
   

• The Lost Oases

  A.M. Hassanein Bey

  
  
   

• Egypt Handbook: with Eastern Libya (Footprint Egypt Handbook)

  Anne McLachlan

  
  
   

• Libya: The Lost Cities of the Roman Empire

  Antonino Di Vita, Ginette Di Vita-Evrard, Lidiano Bacchielli

  
  
   

• Libya (Lonely Planet Country Guide)

  Anthony Ham

  
  
   

• Tripoli: Portrait of a City

  Philip Ward

  
  
   

• Libyan Sands: Travel in a Dead World

  Ralph A. Bagnold

  
  
   

• Mysteries of the Libyan Desert

  W. S. Harding King

  
  
   

• Libya

  
  
   

• Libya (Road Maps) (Road Maps)

  
  
   

• Libya Road Map

  
  
   

• Jebel Acacus Libya Tourist Map and Guide

  A.L. Wielochowski