The Golden Horde - From the Himalaya to the Mediterranean

Informationen zum Autor Sheila Paine is a world expert on tribal societies and textiles. Her passion for travel began when she was very young and has taken her across the world, from Africa to Pakistan. She is the author of several acclaimed books, including Embroidery from India and Pakistan , The Linen Goddess and The Afghan Amulet (also Tauris Parke Paperbacks) and has won travel writing awards from the Independent and the Sunday Times. She is currently writing a book on Afghan Embroidery for the British Museum. Klappentext In The Afghan Amulet , Sheila Paine told the story of her extraordinary search for a mysterious amulet, a journey that had taken her from the Hindu Kush to Bulgaria. Zusammenfassung Reveals the ancient threads that culturally bind Central Asia and Europe. Starting in the forbidden valley of Palas in Pakistan! the author travels through the former territories of the Soviet Union through the lands of Genghis Khan's Golden Horde and into Soviet Central Asia. She follows ancient trading routes.

Product details

• Authors: Sheila Paine
• Publisher: Tauris, I.B.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 19.10.2006
• EAN: 9781845112448
• ISBN: 978-1-84511-244-8
• No. of pages: 328
• Dimensions: 130 mm x 198 mm x 24 mm
• Series: Tauris Parke Paperbacks; Tauris Parke Paperbacks
• Subjects: Education and learning > Teaching preparation > Vocational needs; Travel > Travelogues, traveller's tales > World, Arctic, Antarctic