To the Holy Shrines

PENGUIN GREAT JOURNEYS NO. 10THE BUSTLING PORT OF ALEXANDRIA, 1853Intent on reaching Meccah, a deštination banned to all non- Muslims, Sir Richard Burton disguises himself as a Persian der-vish, But when his companions begin to suspeξt he may not be all he seems, he realizes he mušt do all he can to avoid discovery. He battle with Maghrebis on the Red Sea, risks a drinking bout with an Albanian cutthroat and has endless ruses to štay alive in this unique pilgrimage through the Arab world.Journey back in time with hištory’s greastešt adventurers1 HERODOTUS Snakes with Wings and Gold-digging Ants2 MAS’ŪDĪ From Tbe Meadows of Gold3 MARCO POLO The Cuštoms of the Kingdoms of India4 CABEZA DE VACA The Sbipwrecked Men5 WILLIAM DAMPIER Piracy, Turtles and Flying Foxes6 MARY WORTLEY MONTAGU Life on the Golden Horn7 JAMES COOK Hunt for the Soutbern Continent8 OLAUDAH EQUIANO Sold as a Slave9 ALEXANDER VON HUMBOLDT Jaguars and Eleξtric Eels10 SIR RICHARD BURTON To the Holy Sbrines11 WALTER HENRY BATES In the Heart of the Amazon Forešt12 ALFRED RUSSEL WALLACE Broneo, Celebes, Aru13 MARK TWAIN Can-cans, Cats and Cities of Ash14 ISABELLA BIRD Adventures in the Rocky Mountains15 ANTON CHEKHOV A Journey to the End of the Russian Empire16 MARY KINGSLEY The Congo and the Cameroons17 ERNEST SHACKLETON Escape from the Antarξtic18 GEORGE ORWELL Fighting in Spain19 WILFRED THESIGER Across the Empty Quarter20 RYSZARD KAPUŚCIŃSKI The Cobra’s Heart