Description
Colin Thubron's magnificent account of his journey along the ancient Silk Road from China to Turkey—through Central Asia, Iran, and into the heart of the old Islamic world—is one of the essential travel books of the twenty-first century: a work of extraordinary historical depth, lyrical observation, and the kind of cultural intelligence that takes decades to develop. Written with his incomparable combination of scholarly authority and genuine literary gifts, this is essential reading for every lover of travel literature and every person fascinated by the civilizations that the Silk Road connected. A masterwork.
