Let me relieve your embarrassment at reading and enjoying Robert Payne’s “The Splendor of the Holy Land—Egypt, Jordan, Israel, Lebanon”a True, it is far below the level of most BAR readers. The author deals with four countries and a host of civilizations in a bare 190 pages printed in easy-to-read (i.e. large) type. And the cost per page is terribly expensive. But it is a good read. And all but the most knowledgeable readers will pick up tidbits of information he or she will file away or consciously try to remember. Payne is a travel writer. He enjoys the […]
