{"product_id":"towers-of-trebizond-paperback","title":"Towers of Trebizond - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRose Macaulay\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHailed as \"an utter delight, the most brilliant witty and charming book I have read since I can't remember when\" by \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e when it was originally published in 1956, Rose Macaulay's \u003ci\u003eThe Towers of Trebizond\u003c\/i\u003e tells the gleefully absurd story of Aunt Dot, Father Chantry-Pigg, Aunt Dot's deranged camel, and our narrator, Laurie, who are traveling from Istanbul to legendary Trebizond on a convoluted mission. Along the way they will encounter spies, a Greek sorcerer, a precocious ape, and Billy Graham with a busload of evangelists. Part travelogue, part comedy, it is also a meditation on love, faith, doubt, and the difficulties, moral and intellectual, of being a Christian in the modern world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDame Rose Macaulay\u003c\/b\u003e, one of the most popular writers and personalities in England from the 1920s until her death in 1958, was a friend to the likes of E. M. Forster and Virginia Woolf. She was the author of more than thirty-five books; \u003ci\u003eTowers of Trebizond\u003c\/i\u003e is her masterpiece.\u003c\/p\u003e\n        \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 288\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.71 x 8.22 x 5.52 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 30, 2012\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51762295472416,"sku":"9780374533632","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/0822b983686b2f9af0826f668d1a4eed.webp?v=1780218887","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/towers-of-trebizond-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}