×


 x 

Shopping cart
30%OFFColin Thubron - Shadow of the Silk Road - 9780099437222 - 9780099437222
Stock image for illustration purposes only - book cover, edition or condition may vary.

Shadow of the Silk Road

€ 17.99
€ 12.53
You save € 5.46!
FREE Delivery in Ireland
Description for Shadow of the Silk Road Paperback. Traces the drifts of the 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. This book recounts the adventures of the author when travelling through the Silk Route. Num Pages: 384 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1F; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 136 x 24. Weight in Grams: 276 363pp

A journey along the greatest land route on earth, from the master of travel writing Colin Thubron

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. Covering over 7000 miles in eight months Thubron recounts extraordinary adventures - a near-miss with a drunk-driver, incarceration in a Chinese cell during the SARS epidemic, undergoing root canal treatment without anaesthetic in Iran - in inimitable prose. Shadow ... Read more is about Asia today; a magnificent account of an ancient world in modern ferment.

'It is hard to think of a better travel book written this century' Times

'Thubron is the pre-eminent travel writer of his generation' Sunday Telegraph

Show Less

Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Vintage
Condition
New
Number of Pages
384
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780099437222
SKU
9780099437222
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 2 to 4 working days
Ref
99-1

About Colin Thubron
Colin Thubron is an acknowledged master of travel writing, and the winner of many prizes and awards. His first writing was about the Middle East - Damascus, Lebanon and Cyprus. In 1982 he travelled into the Soviet Union in an ancient Morris Marina, pursued by the KGB, a journey he recorded in Among the Russians. From these early experiences developed ... Read more

Reviews for Shadow of the Silk Road
It is hard to think of a better travel book written this century
The Times
Shadow of the Silk Road is a work of boundless riches. Every paragraph carries a captivating phrase...offering up an understanding of our world today that is as immediate as tomorrow's news, yet infinitely profound
Craig Brown
Mail on Sunday
One ... Read more

Goodreads reviews for Shadow of the Silk Road


Subscribe to our newsletter

News on special offers, signed editions & more!