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The Road to Oxiana
The Road to Oxiana
Author: Robert Byron
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...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780195325607
ISBN-10: 0195325605
Publication Date: 5/18/2007
Pages: 320
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Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
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This must be one of the first great "road trip" books. As someone who has travelled extensively in the region I found it very well written and often, surprisingly funny.


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