Foreign Devils on the Silk Road
the search for the lost treasures of central asia
$34.51
- Paperback
288 pages
- Release Date
10 May 2006
Summary
Foreign Devils on the Silk Road: A Race for Lost Treasures
The Silk Road, the ancient artery connecting imperial Rome and China, once pulsed with life, carrying silk, gold, and revolutionary ideas. Oasis towns flourished as centers of Buddhist art and knowledge.
But decline came, traffic dwindled, merchants departed, and towns disappeared beneath the desert, fading into legend. Tales arose of lost cities brimming with treasure and guarded by demons.
In the early 20th…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780719564482 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0719564484 |
| Author: | Peter Hopkirk |
| Publisher: | John Murray Press |
| Imprint: | John Murray Publishers Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 288 |
| Release Date: | 10 May 2006 |
| Weight: | 206g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 130mm x 19mm |
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Recounted with great skill … opens a window onto a fascinating world - Financial Times Highly readable and elegant - Times Literary Supplement
Recounted with great skill … opens a window onto a fascinating world - Financial Times
Highly readable and elegant - Times Literary SupplementAbout The Author
Peter Hopkirk
Peter Hopkirk has travelled widely in the regions where his six books are set - Central Asia, the Caucasus, China, India and Pakistan, Iran, and Eastern Turkey. He has 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 has twice been held in secret police cells and has also been hijacked by Arab terrorists. His works have been translated into fourteen languages.
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