The Road to Oxiana by Robert Byron, Colin Thubron (Introduction)
About the Book
A real-life adventure that inspired countless travellers in fact and fiction, the Penguin Classics edition of Robert Byron's The Road to Oxiana includes an introduction by Colin Thubron.
In 1933 Robert Byron began a journey through the Middle East via Beirut, Jerusalem, Baghdad, and Teheran to Oxiana - the country of the Oxus, the ancient name for the river Amu Darya which forms part of the border between Afghanistan and the Soviet Union. The Road to Oxiana offers not only a wonderful record of his adventures, but also a rare account of the architectural treasures of a region now inaccessible to most Western travelers.
Robert Byron (1905-41) was born in 1905, and educated at Eton and Merton College, Oxford. He died during the Second World War, when the ship he was serving on was torpedoed by a U-Boat off Cape Wrath. Byron's The Road to Oxiana is considered by many modern travel writers to be the first example of great travel writing.
If you enjoyed The Road to Oxiana you might like Charles Darwin's The Voyage of the Beagle, also available in Penguin Classics.
| Author | Robert Byron |
|---|---|
| Publisher | Penguin Classics |
| Publication date | 5 July 2007 |
| Language | English |
| Number of page | 368 pages |
| Product Dimensions | 12.95 x 2.29 x 19.81 cm |
| Binding | Paperback |
| ISBN | 9780141442099 |
| In the box | 1 x Main Product |