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      Shadow of the Silk Road: (Vintage Voyages)

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      Vintage Voyages: A world of journeys, from the tallest mountains to the depths of the mindOn 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 north...

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      Product ID:9781784875343
      Product Form:Paperback / softback
      Country of Manufacture:GB
      Series:Vintage Voyages
      Title:Shadow of the Silk Road
      Subtitle:(Vintage Voyages)
      Authors:Author: Colin Thubron
      Page Count:384
      Subjects:Asian history, Asian history, Travel writing, Travel writing, Central Asia
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      Vintage Voyages: A world of journeys, from the tallest mountains to the depths of the mindOn 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.

      Colin Thurbon’s beautiful prose unfolds along the Silk Road, unearthing a richly layered past on his most ambitious journey.

      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 enduring a near-miss with a drunk-driver, incarceration in a Chinese cell, and undergoing root canal treatment without anaesthetic, along the way.

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


      Imprint Name:Vintage Classics
      Publisher Name:Vintage Publishing
      Country of Publication:GB
      Publishing Date:2019-06-06

      Additional information

      Weight306 g
      Dimensions192 × 124 × 25 mm