"The cast reads like something out of The Canterbury Tales. Brings to life the history and also the great variety of people, languages, religions, interests, and behaviors along the most remarkable of migratory routes."--Sunday Times "A wonderful find. This book is a treasure."--South China Morning Post "A trailblazer, vividly recreating the life and times of this great cultural highway."--The Scotsman "Wonderfully written and highly evocative. Armchair travelers and historians will certainly enjoy reading it."--Journal of Asian Studies "Enlightening. Whitfield's skillfully crafted tales take readers on a journey back to the heyday of the Silk Road and enable them to relive its people's unusual existence."--Bloomsbury Review "Imaginative reconstruction of a distant time and place is this book's great strength. It's both enjoyable and very useful for anyone teaching or learning about the region."--David Christian, Journal of World History "Susan Whitfield infuses her narrative with delightfully elaborate descriptions embracing an amazing plethora of topics. Her tales provide intimate historical matters well beyond the Chinese traditional accounts."--Comparative Civilizations Review
"The cast reads like something out of The Canterbury Tales. Brings to life the history and also the great variety of people, languages, religions, interests, and behaviors along the most remarkable of migratory routes."--Sunday Times "A wonderful find. This book is a treasure."--South China Morning Post "A trailblazer, vividly recreating the life and times of this great cultural highway."--The Scotsman "Wonderfully written and highly evocative. Armchair travelers and historians will certainly enjoy reading it."--Journal of Asian Studies "Enlightening. Whitfield's skillfully crafted tales take readers on a journey back to the heyday of the Silk Road and enable them to relive its people's unusual existence."--Bloomsbury Review "Imaginative reconstruction of a distant time and place is this book's great strength. It's both enjoyable and very useful for anyone teaching or learning about the region."--David Christian, Journal of World History "Susan Whitfield infuses her narrative with delightfully elaborate descriptions embracing an amazing plethora of topics. Her tales provide intimate historical matters well beyond the Chinese traditional accounts."--Comparative Civilizations Review
Über den Autor
Susan Whitfield runs the International Dunhuang Project at the British Library, which provides online access to hundreds of thousands of manuscripts, paintings, and archaeological artifacts from the eastern Silk Road. The author of numerous books and articles on the Silk Road and China, Whitfield travels widely in the region and curates relevant exhibitions. She lectures and teaches worldwide.
