A literary thriller-meets-travel adventure-meets-popular history rife with a fascinating cast of characters that includes a misfit explorer named Aurel Stein, a cunning abbot, and a fox terrier named Dash the Great, all set against the land of dunes, sandstorms, and the mysteries of the East.
Journeys on the Silk Road
β Scribed by Morgan, Joyce
- Book ID
- 109188365
- Publisher
- Lyons Press
- Year
- 2012
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 2 MB
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN-13
- 9780762782970
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β¦ Synopsis
A literary thriller-meets-travel adventure-meets-popular history rife with a fascinating cast of characters that includes a misfit explorer named Aurel Stein, a cunning abbot, and a fox terrier named Dash the Great, all set against the land of dunes, sandstorms, and the mysteries of the East.
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