The road to Oxiana

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In 1933, the delightfully eccentric Robert Byron set out on a journey through the Middle East via Beirut, Jerusalem, Baghdad and Teheran to Oxiana - the country of the Oxus, the ancient name for the river Amu Darya which formed part of the border between Afghanistan and the Soviet Union.

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Altri libri di Robert Byron

• La via per l'Oxiana di Robert Byron (1993)
• First Russia, Then Tibet di Robert Byron (1985)