ARGONAUT BOOKS

The Silk Road is a huge network of arteries and veins, splitting and converging across the breadth of Asia, passing through China, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Afghanistan, Iran and Turkey, and the most sterile desert on earth: the Taklamakan. This book traces the passage not just of trade and armies, but of ideas, religions, and inventions. Reviews It is hard to think of a better travel book written this centuryThe TimesA beautiful and profound travel bookMail on SundayA masterpiece of travel writing ... a classicNew StatesmanThubron is a very hardy traveller, and a very fine wr...Read More