Desert Christians: An Introduction to the Literature of Early Monasticism author: William Harmless rating: asin: 0195162234 binding: Paperback list price: $39.95 USD amazon price: $52.66 USD

William Harmless provides an excellent and thorough survey of the desert fathers who founded monasticism in the fourth and fifth centuries in Egypt. He has an evident mastery of the language of the desert and the historical events that influenced the solitary communities therein.