Shadow of the Silk Road: (Vintage Voyages)

Author(s): Colin Thubron

Literary Fiction

VINTAGE VOYAGES- A world of journeys, from the tallest mountains to the depths of the mind

On buses, donkey carts, trains, jeeps and camels, Colin Thubron traces the drifts of the first great trade route out of the heart of China into the mountains of Central Asia, across northern Afghanistan and the plains of Iran into Kurdish Turkey. A magnificent account of an ancient world in modern ferment, Thubron covers over 7000 miles in eight months Thubron enduring a near-miss with a drunk-driver, incarceration in a Chinese cell, and undergoing root canal treatment without anaesthetic, along the way.

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General Fields

  • : 9781784875343
  • : Random House UK
  • : VINTAGE ARROW - MASS MARKET
  • : 0.305
  • : July 2019
  • : 2.4 Centimeters X 12.9 Centimeters X 19.8 Centimeters
  • : books

Special Fields

  • : Colin Thubron
  • : Paperback
  • : English
  • : 915.80443