{"product_id":"9780099437222","title":"Shadow of the Silk Road","description":"\u003cp\u003eAuthor(s): Thubron, Colin, \u003cbr\u003e Binding: Paperback, \u003cbr\u003e Date of Publication: 04\/10\/2007,\u003cbr\u003e Pagination: 384 pages, maps,\u003cbr\u003e Series: 20th Century Architects, \u003cbr\u003eImprint: Vintage,\u003cbr\u003e Published By: VINTAGE ,\u003cbr\u003e Book Classification: Asia, Travel writing\u003cbr\u003e ISBN13\\EAN\\SKU: 9780099437222\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDescription:\u003cbr\u003eA journey along the greatest land route on earth, from the master of travel writing Colin Thubron\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOn buses, donkey carts, trains, jeeps and camels, Colin Thubron traces the drifts of the first great trade route out of the heart of China into the mountains of Central Asia, across northern Afghanistan and the plains of Iran into Kurdish Turkey.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCovering over 7000 miles in eight months Thubron recounts extraordinary adventures - a near-miss with a drunk-driver, incarceration in a Chinese cell during the SARS epidemic, undergoing root canal treatment without anaesthetic in Iran - in inimitable prose. Shadow of the Silk Road is about Asia today; a magnificent account of an ancient world in modern ferment.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Winstones","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44057385042157,"sku":"9780099437222","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0423\/0240\/6809\/products\/9780099437222.jpg?v=1681393600","url":"https:\/\/winstonebooks.pro\/products\/9780099437222","provider":"Winstone's Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}