Out of the heart of China into the mountains of Central Asia, across Northern Afghanistan and the plains of Iran into Kurdish Turkey, Colin Thubron undertakes a journey along the greatest land route

Shadow of the Silk Road

Out of the heart of China into the mountains of Central Asia, across Northern Afghanistan and the plains of Iran into Kurdish Turkey, Colin Thubron undertakes a journey along the greatest land route on earth - the Silk Road. Travelling 7,000 miles in eight months, he traces the passage not only of trade and armies, but of ideas, religions and inventions. With a gift for talking to others, and of getting them to talk to him, Thubron meets some fascinating people and encounters some of the worldâ€™s discontented margins, where the true boundaries are not political borders but the frontiers of tribe, ethnicity, language and religion.
Country USA
Brand HarperCollins
Manufacturer Harper
Binding Hardcover
ReleaseDate 2007-07-03
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780061231728

Shadow of the Silk Road