BOOKS FROM TURKEYA Carpet Ride to Khiva : Seven Years on the Silk Road
by Christopher Aslan Alexander
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Set in Uzbekistan
Male author
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The Silk Road conjures up images of the exotic and the unknown, but whereas most travellers simply pass along it Chris Alexander chose to live there. 'A Carpet Ride to Khiva' is his personal account of life in an immensely alluring walled city in a remote desert oasis in Uzbekistan.
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(2 months ago) |
11 Jun, 2024
The Silk Road conjures images of the exotic and the unknown. Most travellers simply pass along it. Turkey-born Brit, Chris Aslan Alexander, chose to live there. Ostensibly writing a guidebook, Alexander found life at the heart of the glittering madrassahs, mosques and minarets of the walled city of Khiva.
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