Colin Thurbon¿s beautiful prose unfolds along the Silk Road, unearthing a richly layered past on his most ambitious journey. On buses, donkey carts, trains, jeeps and camels, Colin Thubron traces the drifts of the first great trade route...

A riveting account of a landmark expedition that left only one survivor, now back in print for the first time in decades.Arabia Felix is the spellbinding true story of a scientific expedition gone disastrously awry. On a winter morning...

Im Schatten der Seidenstraße ist ein faszinierendes Reiseabenteuer von Colin Thubron, der eine epische Reise entlang der historischen Seidenstraße unternimmt. Beginnend in China, führt ihn seine Reise durch Länder wie Usbekistan,...

Written in lovely prose, this book displays all the skills for which Thubron is renowned: scholarship, sensitivity, sensibility and a magical mix of fascinating experiences in the present and extraordinary evocations of the past. Armed...

'Thubron on top form. Richly detailed, immaculately written and full of insights and encounters that bring a complex corner of the world to life' Michael PalinA dramatic and ambitious new journey for our greatest travel writerThe Amur...

"A gripping read with fascinating political insight." (Sunday Times, London)"Elegant, elegiac and poignant...Thubron is an intrepid traveler, a shrewd observer and a lyrical guide... to the river, much of it along the border between...

Revealing portrait of the former Soviet Union taking an intimate look at the human faces behind radical socialism. "... one of the best books on Russia to appear in years" "New York Times" von Thubron, Colin

A journey along the coastline and through the mountains, visiting every place of cultural importance. von Thubron, Colin

'Thubron on top form. Richly detailed, immaculately written and full of insights and encounters that bring a complex corner of the world to life' MICHAEL PALIN'A masterpiece' WILLIAM DALRYMPLE 'Unforgettable' ANTONY BEEVORAs read on BBC...