Discover the ultimate in classic 1930s travel writing. '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 Tehran 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. His journey ended in what is now ...
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Discover the ultimate in classic 1930s travel writing. '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 Tehran 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. His journey ended in what is now Peshawar, Pakistan. 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 lost to time and conflict. 'Funny, didactic and biting, Byron's masterpiece transports us across the world and, better still, across the decades' Independent
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New. 2010. Paperback. In 1933, the delightfully eccentric Robert Byron set out on a journey through the Middle East via Beirut, Jerusalem, Baghdad and Teheran to Oxiana. This title presents a record of his adventures and an account of the architectural treasures of a region. Num Pages: 416 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1FB; 3JJG; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 131 x 27. Weight in Grams: 318......We ship daily from our Bookshop.
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This travel diary takes place in the 1920's and is location specific. It is also written to give to his mother who, it seems, was disappointed in her son for his less than stellar accomplishments as a student.
To understand references to place, architecture, and peoples of the middle east, the reader would need to have ready access to and continually refer to a good number of reference books including an historical atlas. Not to mention the time to look everything up.
Some pluses. The author expresses humor and clearly has an appreciation for antiquity of all types, particularly of the hidden and little discussed variety. Also, he has a wonderful way of comparing structures - or the remaining parts of them - he views with aspects of nature. And he does this in a captivating and lovely way.
So it was a mixed read.
Understanding more history about the formation of Iran and Iraq and their peoples would be very interesting and enlightening.
