by Peter Hopkirk · Oxford Paperbacks · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780192814876
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«Foreign Devils on the Silk Road» is a history work by Peter Hopkirk, published by Oxford Paperbacks in paperback (262 pages, in English).
The Silk Road linked Rome and China and reached its peak during the Tang dynasty. After Chinese control was lost, its oasis cities were buried and legends arose of treasures guarded by demons. The work follows the early 20th-century archaeologists who explored the region, and the fate of murals, sculptures, silks and manuscripts.
With the subtitle «The Search for the Lost Cities and Treasures of Chinese Central Asia», this 1984 edition is part of the Oxford Paperbacks series and includes bibliography and index.
It will appeal to readers of Central Asian history, archaeology and 20th-century exploration narratives.
Peter Stuart Hopkirk was a British journalist, author and historian who wrote six books about the British Empire, Russia and Central Asia.
