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The Traveller's Bookshelf
Three books we would pack for a heritage journey.
The Road to Oxiana by Robert Byron (1937): a travel classic of a journey through Persia and Afghanistan, famous for its voice.
In Xanadu by William Dalrymple (1989): a young writer's journey following Marco Polo's route to the site of Kublai Khan's summer capital.
The Silk Roads by Peter Frankopan (2015): a history of the world seen from the trade routes of Central Asia.
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