Journey to Khiva: A Writers Search for Central Asia English 2025
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Original Title:
Journey to Khiva: A Writers Search for Central Asia (Kodansha Globe)
ISBN:
9781568360744
Publisher:
KODANSHA USA
Age Group:
Adult
Pages:
288
Weight:
369 g
Dimensions:
14 x 21 x 2 cm
Book Cover:
Paperback
Inspired by the great adventurers of the Victorian era and intrigued by the history of the Great Game-the century-long struggle between Britain and Russia to control Central Asia-Philip Glazebrook set out on his own journey to the fabled cities of Tashkent, Bokhara, Samarkand, and Khiva. Along the way he encountered remains of two other empires: the Soviet Union, whose spreading disorder was brought home by a terrifying attack in his Moscow hotel room, and the domain of Tamerlane, the thirteenth-century conqueror whose memory and monuments still dominate the imagination of the regions inhabitants Blending his own experiences with tales from earlier travelers, Glazebrook captures the color and fascination of a region where Europe and Asia have long met but never merged, a crucial crossroads from the days of the Silk Road to the present.
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