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The road to Oxiana
Byron, Robert, 1905-19412010
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In 1933, Robert Byron set out on a journey through the Middle East via Beirut, Jerusalem, Baghdad and Teheran to Oxiana - the country of the Oxus, the ancient name for the river Amu Darya which forms part of the border between Afghanistan and the Soviet Union. Here he recounts his adventures. Discover the ultimate in classic 1930s travel writing.'A writer of breathtaking prose - prose whose sensuous, chiselled beauty has cast its spell on English travel writing ever since' William Dalrymple In 1933, the delightfully eccentric, Robert Byron set out on a journey through the Middle East via Beirut, Jerusalem, Baghdad and Tehran to Oxiana - the country of the Oxus, the ancient name for the river Amu Darya which formed part of the border between Afghanistan and the Soviet Union. His journey ended in what is now Peshawar, Pakistan.While his arrival at his destination, the legendary tower of Qabus, is a wonder, the journey itself is a captivating, quirky record of his adventures and a rare account of the architectural treasures of a region now lost to time and conflict.`Funny, didactic and biting, Byron's masterpiece transports us across the world and, better still, across the decades' Independent
Main title:
The road to Oxiana / Robert Byron ; with an introduction by Bruce Chatwin.
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Imprint:
London : Vintage Books, 2010.
Collation:
xx, 393 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 20 cm.
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Notes:
Originally published: Macmillan & Co., 1937.Formerly CIP. UkIncludes index.
ISBN:
9780099523888 (pbk)
Dewey class:
915.6041
Language:
English
Subject:
Byron, Robert, 1905-1941 -- Travel -- Middle EastIslamic architecture -- IranIslamic architecture -- AfghanistanTravel and TourismMiddle EastClassic travel writingPakistanInter-war period c 1919 to c 1939Travel writingGeneral & world historyTravel & holidayIndian sub-continent20th century, c 1900 to c 1999Middle East -- Description and travelIran -- Description and travelAfghanistan -- Description and travel
BRN:
1016477