Turkestan Solo A Journey Through Central Asia |
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| Author:
| Maillart, Ella |
| Introduction by:
| Murphy, Dervla |
| Translator:
| Rodker, John |
| ISBN: | 978-1-84511-027-7 |
| Publication Date: | Nov 2005 |
| Publisher: | I. B. Tauris & Company, Limited
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| Imprint: | Tauris Parke Paperbacks |
| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | AUD $35.00 |
Book Description:
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In 1932, long before traveling in Central Asia became fashionable, Ella Maillart travelled to Russian Turkestan, bordered by China, Tibet, Pakistan, and Afghanistan. Setting out from Moscow, she crossed Kyrgyzstan as far as the Tien Shan range (the Celestial Mountains). She climbed the 5,000 metre-high Sari Tor on makeshift skis, explored the legendary cities of Tashkent, Samarkand, Khiva and Bukhara, and crossed, solo, the freezing and hostile wastes of the Kizil Kum, the...
More Description In 1932, long before traveling in Central Asia became fashionable, Ella Maillart travelled to Russian Turkestan, bordered by China, Tibet, Pakistan, and Afghanistan. Setting out from Moscow, she crossed Kyrgyzstan as far as the Tien Shan range (the Celestial Mountains). She climbed the 5,000 metre-high Sari Tor on makeshift skis, explored the legendary cities of Tashkent, Samarkand, Khiva and Bukhara, and crossed, solo, the freezing and hostile wastes of the Kizil Kum, the Desert of Red Sands.