Publisher's Synopsis
From the author of the Amazon Number 1 bestsellers The Greek Islands - A Notebook and Crete - A Notebook. 'Clark is particularly good on the colours, flavours and scents of Greece. He has got under the skin of the place in a way few outsiders have been able to.' Mark Hudson - Winner Somerset Maugham Award, Thomas Cook Travel Book Award, Samuel Johnson Prize. Bestselling author of Our Grandmothers' Drums; Coming Back Brockens; The Music in My Head; Titian: The Last Days. 'I love the way Clark writes, it is personal, it is human and deceptively simple.' Sara Alexi, bestselling author of 'The Greek Village' series of novels. Little more than a stone's throw from the Turkish coast, Rhodes was the final piece in the jigsaw of what is modern Greece. The island has changed its clothes so many times throughout history that it can be difficult to pin down what best reflects its character, and herein lies the Island's charm. The variety of its architecture and the wealth of myth and legend combined with an ever-changing landscape makes for a destination which can hold the interest for a lifetime. For many it is the Crusader Knights who prevail, for others the lost wonder of the fallen Colossus or the Doric columns of the temple celebrating the Ancient Greek cult of Athena Lindia which presides over the maritime gem of Lindos. Whatever memories it leaves us with, it is an island full of surprises.
