Shortcuts
Please wait while page loads.
Canterbury-Bankstown Library Service . Default .
PageMenu- Main Menu-
Page content

Catalogue Display

The road to Oxiana / Robert Byron.

The road to Oxiana / Robert Byron.
.
Item Information
Shelf Location Collection Volume Ref. Branch Status Due Date
915.6 BYRO
 Adult Non Fiction   Campsie . . Available .  
Reserve any copy Click Here Catalogue Record 1074684
. Catalogue Record 1074684 ItemInfo . Catalogue Record 1074684 ItemInfo Top of page .
Catalogue Information
Field name Details
ISBN 9780099523888 (paperback)
Name Byron, Robert, 1905-1941 author.
Title The road to Oxiana / Robert Byron.
Edition New ed. / with an introduction by Bruce Chatwin.
Published London : Vintage Classic, 2010.
Description 393pages ; 20cm.
Summary 'A writer of breathtaking prose - prose whose sensuous, chiselled beauty has cast its spell on English travel writing ever since' - William Dalrymple. In 1933, the delightfully eccentric Robert Byron set out on a journey through the Middle East via Beirut, Jerusalem, Baghdad and Teheran to Oxiana - the country of the Oxus, the ancient name for the river Amu Darya which formed part of the border between Afghanistan and the Soviet Union. While his arrival at his destination, the legendary tower of Qabus, is a wonder, the journey itself is a captivating, quirky record of his adventures and a rare account of the architectural treasures of a region now inaccessible to most Western travellers.
Subjects Byron, Robert, -- 1905-1941 -- Travel -- Middle East
Islamic architecture -- Iran
Islamic architecture -- Afghanistan
Middle East -- Description and travel
Iran -- Description and travel
Afghanistan -- Description and travel
Series Vintage classics
Links to Related Works
Subject References:
Authors:
Series:
.
Related Searches Catalogue Record 1074684
.
Add Title to Basket Catalogue Record 1074684
.
Catalogue Information 1074684 . Catalogue Information 1074684 Top of page .
Quick Search