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  • Shadow of the Silk Road

  • Written by: Colin Thubron
  • Narrated by: Jonathan Keeble
  • Length: 13 hrs and 52 mins
  • 4.7 out of 5 stars (3 ratings)

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Shadow of the Silk Road

Written by: Colin Thubron
Narrated by: Jonathan Keeble
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Out of the heart of China into the mountains of Central Asia, across Northern Afghanistan and the plains of Iran into Kurdish Turkey, Colin Thubron undertakes a journey along the greatest land route on earth: the Silk Road. Travelling 7,000 miles in eight months, he traces the passage not only of trade and armies, but of ideas, religions and inventions. With a gift for talking to others, and of getting them to talk to him, Thubron meets some fascinating people and encounters some of the world's discontented margins, where the true boundaries are not political borders but the frontiers of tribe, ethnicity, language and religion.
©2006 Colin Thubron (P)2007 Isis Publishing Ltd.
Asia Biographies & Memoirs Middle East Travel Writing & Commentary
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Well written and narrated

As expected from Colin, it was beautifully written and well narrated. But the chapter of this audiobook doesn't correspond with the written one. Also Turkey felt a bit too rushed. He travelled till Antioch only and not Istanbul. He didn't travel through Iraq and Syria as well. Overall an enjoyable read except for the above mentioned shortcomings.

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