Central Asia: Through Writers' Eyes
Between these covers, the millennia ofmercantile and cultural exchange along the Silk Route are celebrated bytravellers and writers from Marco Polo to Sven Hedin, from William of Rubrickto Ella Maillart. Kathleen Hopkirk hasspent a lifetime researching this vital heartland, traversed by five, inhospitabledeserts but united by ancient chains of trading oases: from the Buddhist Empireof Kushan, to the scholarly Islamic centre at Bukhara.
Author: Kathleen Hopkirk
Format: Paperback, 256 pages, 138mm x 216mm
Published: 2014, Eland Publishing Ltd, United Kingdom
Genre: Travel Writing
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Between these covers, the millennia ofmercantile and cultural exchange along the Silk Route are celebrated bytravellers and writers from Marco Polo to Sven Hedin, from William of Rubrickto Ella Maillart. Kathleen Hopkirk hasspent a lifetime researching this vital heartland, traversed by five, inhospitabledeserts but united by ancient chains of trading oases: from the Buddhist Empireof Kushan, to the scholarly Islamic centre at Bukhara.
Central Asia: Through Writers' Eyes