{"product_id":"the-road-to-oxiana-9780195325607","title":"The Road to Oxiana","description":"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. When Paul Fussell published his own book \u003cem\u003eAbroad\u003c\/em\u003e, in 1982, he wrote that \u003cem\u003eThe Road to Oxiana\u003c\/em\u003e is to the travel book what \"\u003cem\u003eUlysses\u003c\/em\u003e is to the novel between the wars, and what \u003cem\u003eThe Waste Land\u003c\/em\u003e is to poetry.\" His statements revived the public's interest in the book, and for the first time, it was widely available in American bookstores. Now this long-overdue reprint will introduce it to a whole new generation of readers. This edition features a new introduction by Rory Stewart, best known for his book \u003cem\u003eThe Places In Between\u003c\/em\u003e, about his extensive travels in Afghanistan.\u003cbr\u003e Today, in addition to its entertainment value, \u003cem\u003eThe Road to Oxiana\u003c\/em\u003e also serves as a rare account of the architectural treasures of a region now inaccessible to most Western travelers, and a nostalgic look back at a more innocent time.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRobert Byron\u003c\/strong\u003e was born in England in 1905 into a family distantly related to Lord Byron. He attended Eton and Merton College, Oxford, and wrote several travel books before his untimely death in 1941, while serving as a correspondent for a London newspaper during World War II.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Oxford University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50644923744530,"sku":"9780195325607","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_4f63ee41-11bd-4b06-a167-d160985abcf9.jpg?v=1733129806","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-road-to-oxiana-9780195325607","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}