The Road to Oxiana by Robert Byron

https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/2/audible/72298 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Road to Oxiana Author: Robert Byron Narrator: Barnaby Edwards Format: mp3 Length: 11 hrs and 46 mins Release date: 05-13-19 Ratings: 4.5 out of 5 stars, 21 ratings Genres: Middle East Publisher's Summary: In 1933, Robert Byron set off from Venice with his friend Christopher Sykes to explore the architecture of the Middle East. Their long and arduous journey took them from Cyprus and Jerusalem to Syria, Iraq, Persia, Afghanistan, and finally, Oxiana, a tiny country around the river Oxus, which snakes down from Russia into Afghanistan. They travel by any means necessary (truck, camel, horses, and foot), and encounter several setbacks, but their risks are rewarded as they encounter some of the greatest examples of Eastern art and architecture, many of which have now vanished forever.