Author: Rosenthal, Eric.
Title: From Drury Lane to Mecca. Being an Account of the Strange Life and Adventures of Hedley Churchward, Also Known As Mahmoud Mobarek Churchward, an English Convert to Islam.
Description: Howard Timmins 1982 reprint. Pink cloth boards. 261pp illustrated 8vo. No inscriptions, 4 square corners, shelfwear, else VG in dustwrapper (spine faded, rubbed, no loss or tears). ISBN: 9780869781791 Churchward was a professional painter of stage sets. He worked also in Australia & South Africa. His conversion to Islam, and his visit to Mecca, were unique for his time. His paintings of the Forbidden City are in the possession of Witwatersrand University.

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