<p>1977, mass market paperback reprint edition (of a work first published in 1946), Pocket Books, NY. 222 pages. Here is something definitely different from the Queen of Mysteries. She journeys with her archaeologist husband, Max Mallowan, on a journey to Syria. We are talking about a dig in rough conditions. Dame Agatha makes it all come to life. "A fond and richly funny record."</p>