In 1933, the delightfully eccentric travel writer Robert Byron set out on a journey through the Middle East via Beirut, Jerusalem, Baghdad and Teheran to Oxiana, near the border between Afghanistan and the Soviet Union. Throughout, he kept a thoroughly captivating record of his encounters, discoveries, and frequent misadventures. His story would become a best-selling travel book throughout the English-speaking world, until the acclaim died down and it was gradually forgotten. Now this long-overdue reprint will introduce it to a whole new generation of readers.
| Author: Robert Byron |
| Publisher: Oxford University Press |
| Publication Date: May 18, 2007 |
| Number of Pages: 291 pages |
| Language: English |
| Binding: Paperback |
| ISBN-10: 0195325605 |
| ISBN-13: 9780195325607 |