The Station Travels to the Holy Mountain of Greece

by Byron, Robert

• ISBN13: 9781848855076
• ISBN10: 1848855079
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-12-21
• Publisher: Tauris Parke Paperbacks

Summary

Mount Athos, the spiritual heart of Eastern Orthodox Monasticism, is perhaps the most sacred and mysterious place in Greece; it is an autonomous state where no woman can set foot and which has its own calendar and time. In 1927, at the age of 22, Robert Byron journeyed to Athos with his friends and embarked on an adventure that would influence him for the rest of his life. Through compelling descriptions of the monks of Athos, their daily lives, and the treasures held in their monasteries, Byron illuminates an ancient and enigmatic world long shrouded from the eyes of outsiders. Written nine years before his classicThe Road to Oxiana,The Stationreveals the roots of a fascination with the Byzantine world that would become refined in Byron's later writings and establish him as one of the pre-eminent writers of his generation.

Author Biography

Robert Byron (1905 - 1941) was one of the twentieth century's greatest travel writers as well as a noted art critic and historian. He is the author of the acclaimed The Road to Oxiana, considered by many to be the first example of great travel writing. He is also the author of Europe in the Looking Glass and The Byzantine Achievement.