Publisher: Bloomsbury India (20 January 2017) Language: English Paperback: 340 pages ISBN-10 : 9789385936562 ISBN-13 : 978-9385936562 Item weight: 500 G ------- Fresh out of college and inspired by the spirit of great travelers before him, William Dalrymple undertakes a journey from Jerusalem to Shangdu taking him through Turkey, Syria, mid-revolution Iran, the famed Silk Roads, Pakistan, and China in a travelogue which catapulted him to instant literary acclaim and quickly became a classic of its genre. Both scholarly and hilarious, In Xanadu is a grand adventure in the company of a travel companion whose erudition and curiosity is matched only by his wit and flair.
