Damascus: Eternal City of Survival

In this deeply original thematic history, Diana Darke explores the city of Damascus, past and present, interweaving her own life in the city with its longer past.

Ever-changing, ever-adapting, Damascus is a timeless city that has withstood the waves of history. Its survival as the world's oldest continuously inhabited city has been assured by its capacity to absorb change rather than be overwhelmed by it. Successive tides of destruction have washed over it, and from all of them it has emerge...