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Colin thubron, british travel writer and novelist whose works, often set in foreign locales, explore love, memory, and the loss of faith as well as the differences between the ideal and the real. Colin thubron author colin thubron is the author of seven awardwinning novels, including to the last city, which was longlisted for the man booker prize. Thubrons first travel book, mirror to damascus, was published in 1967, the first such book on the city for a century jerusalem heinemann, 1969. This acclaimed book by colin thubron is available at in several formats for your ereader. Colin thubron is the intrepid, resourceful and immensely talented writer who has made a career out of going to out of the way places and then writing brilliantly about them. Shadow of the silk road records a journey along the greatest land route on earth.
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