The Golden Horde: Travels from the Himalaya to Karpathos [Lingua Inglese] - Brossura

Paine, Sheila

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0140253963 ISBN 13: 9780140253962

Casa editrice: Penguin, 1998

Riassunto

Sheila Paine's previous journey in search of this elusive talismanic triangle had been frustrating. Her new travels begin in an Himalayan valley, take her through the turbulent lands of the disintegrating ex-Soviet Union and end on the Greek island of Karpathos in the Dodecanese, where the embroidered Afghan amulet she is seeking is still worn by women on the island to ward off evil spirits.

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L'autore:

Sheila Paine is a linguist by training but has devoted much of her life to travelling in order to record embroidery traditions before they disappear. Runner-up in The Sunday Times and winner of the Indpendent's travel writing contests; as a result of these travels she wrote THE AFGHAN AMULET, TRAVELS FROM THE HINDU KUSH TO RAZGRAD, published in hardback in 1994 and paperback 1995.

She lives in Blewbury in Oxfordshire.

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Book by Paine Sheila

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Penguin
• Data di pubblicazione: 1998
• ISBN 10: 0140253963
• ISBN 13: 9780140253962
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 320