[Gutenberg 35322] • The Thistle and the Cedar of Lebanon

A nineteenth-century Syrian Christian who was raised in Lebanon, Habeeb Risk Allah Effendi was a traveler, migr and doctor whose charming, anecdotal traveler's tales take us throughout his troubled native land and on to Egypt, Malta, France and England. From pirates, belles and balls to the status of women and the role of health care in society, Effendi's position as outsider lends his observations of his own and other cultures a unique perspective.