Shadow of the Silk Road - Paperback

from debnance

I liked this book, but I didn't love it. The idea of the book was initially fascinating to me: Travel down the old Silk Road and see what is still intact, relating a little ancient history and telling stories about the people that used the road in the past. I loved the ancient history and the sto...

from bigjamie

Very well written and excellent character study. Extremely difficult content at times, given the holocaust as subject matter. Disturbing, compelling, unlovely.

from bezoar44

In Shadows of the Silk Road, Colin Thubron tells the story of his eight-month trip from Xian, China to Antioch, Turkey, along one of the many intertwining routes of the Silk Road. The trip took place in two segments in different years, broken by war in Afghanistan. If Thubron identified the years...

from starbox

Setting out from Xian, the author travels overland, taking in Tibetan monks; Yongchang (where he explores a fascinating tale of a Roman army division being sent out to fight the Parthians in 50 AD...and the sometimes 'European looking' locals...meets the Uighur, on the edge of the Gobi desert, En...

from RajivC

I really like this book. I should have reviewed it as soon as I read it, but better late than never. I have recently started reading travel books, as I want to get into the travel writing habit, I need to update my blog now! However, what I like about Colin Thubron's writing, is that he gets into...