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Foreign Devils on the Silk Road: The Search for the Lost Treasures of Central Asia
Peter Hopkirk
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Description for Foreign Devils on the Silk Road: The Search for the Lost Treasures of Central Asia
Paperback. 'Difficult to put down .. irresistible' Daily Telegraph Num Pages: 272 pages, 8pp black and white. BIC Classification: 1FP; HBJF; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 132 x 19. Weight in Grams: 202.
The Silk Road, which linked imperial Rome and distant China, was once the greatest thoroughfare on earth. Along it travelled precious cargoes of silk, gold and ivory, as well as revolutionary new ideas. Its oasis towns blossomed into thriving centres of Buddhist art and learning. In time it began to decline. The traffic slowed, the merchants left and finally its towns vanished beneath the desert sands to be forgotten for a thousand years. But legends grew up of lost cities filled with treasures and guarded by demons. In the early years of the last century foreign explorers began to investigate ... Read more
The Silk Road, which linked imperial Rome and distant China, was once the greatest thoroughfare on earth. Along it travelled precious cargoes of silk, gold and ivory, as well as revolutionary new ideas. Its oasis towns blossomed into thriving centres of Buddhist art and learning. In time it began to decline. The traffic slowed, the merchants left and finally its towns vanished beneath the desert sands to be forgotten for a thousand years. But legends grew up of lost cities filled with treasures and guarded by demons. In the early years of the last century foreign explorers began to investigate ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
John Murray
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
Weight
204g
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780719564482
SKU
V9780719564482
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Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-50
About Peter Hopkirk
Peter Hopkirk travelled widely in the regions where his six books are set: Central Asia, the Caucasus, China, Russia, India and Pakistan, Iran, and Eastern Turkey. He worked as an ITN reporter, the New York correspondent of the old Daily Express, and - for twenty years - on The Times. No stranger to misadventure, he was twice held in secret ... Read more
Reviews for Foreign Devils on the Silk Road: The Search for the Lost Treasures of Central Asia
'Recounted with great skill . . . opens a window onto a fascinating world'
Financial Times
'Highly readable and elegant'
Times Literary Supplement
Financial Times
'Highly readable and elegant'
Times Literary Supplement