A Carpet Ride to Khiva: Seven Years on the Silk Road

by Christopher Aslan Alexander

Book Overview

The Silk Road conjures images of the exotic and the unknown. Most travellers simply pass along it. Brit Chris 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 - a remote desert oasis in Uzbekistan - immensely alluring, and stayed.

Immersing himself in the language and rich cultural traditions Alexander discovers...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1848311494
• ISBN13: 9781848311497
• Release Date: October 2010
• Publisher: Icon Books
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 0.66 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.1" x 7.6"