In 1932, long before traveling in Central Asia became fashionable, Ella Maillart travelled to Russian Turkestan, bordered by China, Tibet, Pakistan, and Afghanistan. Setting out from Moscow, she crossed Kyrgyzstan as far as the Tien Shan range (the Celestial Mountains). She climbed the 5,000 metre-high Sari Tor on makeshift skis, explored the legendary cities of Tashkent, Samarkand, Khiva and Bukhara, and crossed, solo, the freezing and hostile wastes of the Kizil Kum, the Desert of Red Sands.
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"An adventurer, travel writer and photographer who defied convention, hardship and international borders to explore forbidden territory and forbidding terrain..."--The New York Times
"This book is so instructive and so entertaining that the identity of its author is almost immaterial...the value of this book extends far beyond the orbit of geography and travel.'-- Sir E. Denison Ross
"Her account of the journey vividly documented the effects of Soviet modernisation on a still nomadic people."-- The Daily Telegraph
"She understood the importance of finding the similarities rather than the differences between people. It was this inquisitiveness which makes her part of the tradition of great women travellers...and an inspiration to women travellers of today."-- Sarah Anderson, The Independent
"Ella Maillart lived, with great zest, a rather vagabond life...a Swiss counterpart to Freya Stark."--The Times (London)
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"This book is so instructive and so entertaining that the identity of its author is almost immaterial...the value of this book extends far beyond the orbit of geography and travel.'-- Sir E. Denison Ross
"Her account of the journey vividly documented the effects of Soviet modernisation on a still nomadic people."-- The Daily Telegraph
"She understood the importance of finding the similarities rather than the differences between people. It was this inquisitiveness which makes her part of the tradition of great women travellers...and an inspiration to women travellers of today."-- Sarah Anderson, The Independent
"Ella Maillart lived, with great zest, a rather vagabond life...a Swiss counterpart to Freya Stark."--The Times (London)
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Ella Maillart was one of the outstanding travelers of the 20th century. A successful athlete, writer and passionate photographer, she travelled widely throughout Europe, Russia, Central Asia, the Middle East, India and Nepal until her death in 1997. Dervla Murphy, the celebrated travel writer, is the author of Where the Indus is Young, South from the Limpopo, Eight Feet in the Andes, The Waiting Land and Through the Embers of Chaos.
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I've always had a interest in central asian history, yet I have never found very many interesting books on the topic. Turkestan Solo is both very interesting and enlightening. The travel diary is both well written and detailed. If you are looking for a fun read that will take you both back in time and to lands unknown to many, I would highly recommend this book.
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"No," answers Comrade Bloch, "no reply has come through yet from Kijev. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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Kara Kol, Gul Murad, Alma Ata, Jenghiz Khan, Tien Shan, Central Asia, Amu Daria, Sari Tor, Ulug Beg, Takhta Koupir, Bibi Khanum, Novo Urgenj, Sea of Aral, Afro Siab, Bala Bek, Chulpan Ata, Emir of Bokhara, Ibrahim Bek, Kizil Kum, Registan Square, Sin Kiang, Syr Daria, Aralskoie More, Big Fellow, Five-Year Plan New!
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"No," answers Comrade Bloch, "no reply has come through yet from Kijev. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
fifteen roubles, twenty roubles, fifty roubles, hundred roubles Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Kara Kol, Gul Murad, Alma Ata, Jenghiz Khan, Tien Shan, Central Asia, Amu Daria, Sari Tor, Ulug Beg, Takhta Koupir, Bibi Khanum, Novo Urgenj, Sea of Aral, Afro Siab, Bala Bek, Chulpan Ata, Emir of Bokhara, Ibrahim Bek, Kizil Kum, Registan Square, Sin Kiang, Syr Daria, Aralskoie More, Big Fellow, Five-Year Plan New!
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- Turkestan Solo by Ella K. Maillart on 4 pages
- Forbidden Journey: From Peking to Kashmir by Ella K. Maillart in Front Matter (1), and Front Matter (2)
- Eight Feet in the Andes: Travels with a Mule in Unknown Peru by Dervla Murphy in Front Matter
- Where the Indus Is Young: Midwinter in Baltistan by Dervla Murphy in Front Matter
- Through the Embers of Chaos: Balkan Journeys by Dervla Murphy in Front Matter
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