Three years of letters written from Haifa to the New York Sun by a British traveller, diplomat and mystic who settled at the foot of Mount Carmel. Oliphant explores the ruins of Athlit and rock-hewn cemeteries, visits a Jewish colony in its infancy and the German Templer settlements, rides across the country and records meetings with sheikhs, saints and villagers.
A vivid record of Palestine on the threshold of modern change, valuable to historians of the region. Download the free EPUB.