The Road to Oxiana - Paperback
by Robert Byron
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Availability:In StockContributor:Robert Byron, Rory Stewart (Foreword by), Paul Fussell (Introduction by)Publish date:2007-05-18Pages:320
Language:EnglishPublisher:Oxford University PressISBN-13:9780195325607ISBN-10:195325605UPC:9780195325607Book Category:TravelBook Subcategory:Middle East, Essays & Travelogues, AsiaBook Topic:India & South AsiaSize:8.55 x 5.52 x 0.76 inchesWeight:0.9017Product ID:SCP8QXHSHR
The Road to Oxiana
In 1933, the delightfully eccentric travel writer Robert Byron set out on a journey through the Middle East via Beirut, Jerusalem, Baghdad and Teheran to Oxiana, near the border between Afghanistan and the Soviet Union. Throughout, he kept a thoroughly captivating record of his encounters, discoveries, and frequent misadventures. His story would become a best-selling travel book throughout the...
Language:EnglishPublisher:Oxford University PressISBN-13:9780195325607ISBN-10:195325605UPC:9780195325607Book Category:TravelBook Subcategory:Middle East, Essays & Travelogues, AsiaBook Topic:India & South AsiaSize:8.55 x 5.52 x 0.76 inchesWeight:0.9017Product ID:SCP8QXHSHR
Robert Byron was born in England in 1905 into a family distantly related to Lord Byron. He attended Eton and Merton College, Oxford, and wrote several travel books before his untimely death in 1941, while serving as a correspondent for a London newspaper during World War II.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
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Robert Byron, Rory Stewart (Foreword by), Paul Fussell (Introduction by)
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