In XanaduIn Xanadu is, without doubt, one of the best travel books produced in the last 20 years. It is witty and intelligent, brilliantly observed, deftly constructed and extremely entertaining& Dalrymple s gift for transforming ordinary humdrum experience into something extraordinary and timeless suggests that he will go from strength to strength Alexander Maitland, Scotland on Sunday |
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User Review - danoomistmatiste - LibraryThingProbably one of his funniest works. Surprisingly his subsequent works do not follow in the same vein and are somewhat subdued. In any case, a highly recommended read, tracing the author's quest to follow in Marco Polo's footsteps from Jerusalem to Xanadu, the capital of Kublai Khan. Read full review
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User Review - untraveller - LibraryThingNice, nice read. A whole lotta things I'm not terribly conversant in regarding the Middle East and Near East, but still an excellent read. The recapitulation of the journey through Turkey was ... Read full review
Contents
Section 1 | 2 |
Section 2 | 3 |
Section 3 | 29 |
Section 4 | 61 |
Section 5 | 117 |
Section 6 | 149 |
Section 7 | 154 |
Section 8 | 179 |
Section 9 | 226 |
Section 10 | 227 |
Section 11 | 279 |
Section 12 | 301 |
Section 13 | 303 |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | In Xanadu |
| Author | William Dalrymple |
| Publisher | Penguin Books India, 1989 |
| ISBN | 0143031074, 9780143031079 |
| Length | 314 pages |
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