Beautifully illustrated account of the adventures of the great Silk Road explorer and archaeologist Sir Aurel Stein, whose expeditions a century ago included the discovery of an amazing hoard of Buddhist paintings, hidden since the 11th century inside a secret cave at Dunhuang.
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Dr Susan Whitfield works in the Chinese Section of the British Library, where she is responsible for the International Dunhuang Project and the forthcoming Silk Road exhibition (Spring 2004). She has lived and travelled extensively in China, and among her many translations from Chinese are books on cultural history and art. She is also the co-author (with Roderick Whittfield and Neville Agnew) of Cave Temples of Mogao - Art and History on the Silk Road.
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photos great; writing stinks,
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Whitfield does a great service in providing these lovely photos of artworks that rarely are exhibited at the British Museum or the other museums in the West, presumably because of political considerations. Even on the British Museum website it is difficult to see these wonderful paintings. When will the BM get smart and showcase these awesome artworks to the world? The design and use of graphics in this book are great. Where the book falls down, and falls down hard, is in the text. Mistakes in diction, punctuation, spelling, printing, spacing, countless dashes and colons, and endless run-on sentences with disconnected phrases, make Whitfield's prose almost unreadable. The subject is so interesting, it seems inconceivable that the book could be boring, but it is. Many of the paragraphs make little sense, and leave you wondering what she said. The photo captions are just as bad. If you, like me, are intrigued by this extraordinary man, I suggest you buy the discount version of this book for the pictures, and read the Walker biography for the story of Stein's life.
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During 1897-8 everything seemed to conspire to bring Stein's attention to Eastern Central Asia and, in particular, to the ancient desert kingdom of Khotan. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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Silk Road, British Museum, Islam Akhun, Chinese Central Asia, Jiang Siye, Fred Andrews, Central Asian, Mohand Marg, Sven Hedin, Taklamakan Desert, Alexander the Great, British India, George Macartney, Helen Allen, Van Heinert Engert, Wang Yuanlu, British Consul, Dunhuang Yamen, Keriya River, Lop Desert, Lotus Sutra, Milton Bramlette, Tarim River New!
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During 1897-8 everything seemed to conspire to bring Stein's attention to Eastern Central Asia and, in particular, to the ancient desert kingdom of Khotan. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
desert crossing, third expedition Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Silk Road, British Museum, Islam Akhun, Chinese Central Asia, Jiang Siye, Fred Andrews, Central Asian, Mohand Marg, Sven Hedin, Taklamakan Desert, Alexander the Great, British India, George Macartney, Helen Allen, Van Heinert Engert, Wang Yuanlu, British Consul, Dunhuang Yamen, Keriya River, Lop Desert, Lotus Sutra, Milton Bramlette, Tarim River New!
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- Ruins of Desert Cathay: Volume 1 by M. Aurel Stein on 6 pages
- Innermost Asia: A Detailed Report of the Explorations in Central Asia, Afganistan, Iran, Tibet and China by A. Stein on 4 pages
- The Silk Road by Sven Hedin on page 23, page 59, and Back Matter
- A Cultural History of Tibet by Hugh Richardson in Back Matter
- Xuanzang: A Buddhist Pilgrim On The Silk Road by Sally Wriggins in Back Matter
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- The Church of the East: An Illustrated History of Assyrian Christianity by Christoph Baumer in Back Matter
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