The Stone Serpent. Barates of Palmyra's Elegy for Regina his Beloved, Paperback

Syrian poet Nouri al-Jarrah brings to life an ancient story after a single line in Aramaic on a tombstone fired his imagination. His epic poem awakens two lovers, Barates, a Syrian from Palmyra, and Regina, the Celtic slave he freed and married, from where they have lain at rest beside Hadrian's Wall for eighteen centuries, and tells their tale.

• Publisher: Banipal Books
• Author(s): Nouri Al-Jarrah
• Illustration(s): 1 black and white illustration
• Translator: Catherine Cobham
• Number of pages: 112
• Publication date: 2022
• Dimensions: 129 x 197 x 14
• Cover type: Paperback / softback