This is the diary of a journey on camelback through the Sinai desert by Julien Viaud (1850-1923) pseudonym, Pierre Loti artist, author, and prominent decadent eccentric. It was first published in French in 1895, and subsequently made available in dozens of French editions, but only now published in English (translation by Jay Paul Minn). Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.
