SHADOW OF THE SILK ROAD

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"Shadow of the Silk Road records a journey along the greatest land route on earth. Colin Thubron travels from the Tomb of the Yellow Emperor to the ancient Mediterranean port of Antioch, going by local bus, truck, car, donkey-cart or camel. He covers 7,000 miles in eight months - in perhaps the most difficult and ambitious journey he has undertaken in forty years of travel."--BOOK JACKET.