A Traveller's History of North Africa covers the countries of Morocco, Tunisia, Libya, and Algeria and is written by an expert on the area.  It endeavors to provide a concise and readable history of the region's journey from its earliest beginnings right up to the politics and life of the present day.

North Africa is an island surrounded by three seas, the Mediterranean, the Atlantic and to the south by the sand sea of the Sahara.  It has seen wave upon wave of invasion break on its rocky shores.  From the Carthaginians in the fifth century, the North African people have assimilated what suits them and remained resiliently aloof to what does not.

Onto this Complex cultural background a Traveller's History of North Africa weaves a cast of memorable characters.  dido, the lovelorn Queen of Carthage, hannibal, the general's general and St. Augustine all play their part, as do such lesser-known luminaries as the Berber queen Kahina and the horse-back muslim conqueror Oqba Ibn Nafi`.  For traveller's on the ground or students at their desks, this hand paperback will prove invaluable for sorting out the Almohads from the Almoravids and for explaining the dazzling wealth and arts of Roman North Africa.

• Paperback: 408 pages
• Publisher: Interlink Books; 2nd Ed., Fully Rev. and Updated edition (1 Jun 2000)
• Language English
• ISBN-10: 1566563518
• ISBN-13: 978-1566563512