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title: "In Xanadu: A Quest"
brand: "william dalrymple"
price: "฿1833"
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# In Xanadu: A Quest

**Brand:** william dalrymple
**Price:** ฿1833
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- **What is this?** In Xanadu: A Quest by william dalrymple
- **How much does it cost?** ฿1833 with free shipping
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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ A Thousand and One Tales from the Silk Road
*by C***R on October 31, 2014*

This is quite simply an enchanting book and for two interconnected reasons. The first and most striking reason is that Dalrymple manages to capture and convey the shear sense of wonder and excitement that comes from traveling across the world when young. So young, in fact, that I kept having to remind myself that he was only 22 when he wrote it.If that were its only noteworthy aspect the book would be just one of many other worthy works of travel and exploration. What makes Dalrymple's book so compelling is his extensive grasp of the history and culture of the lands through which he traveled. I like to think that I have read a little of the literature relevant to the countries he passed through but time and again I was brought up short by some tale of a character, event or place of which I had never heard but that had caught Dalrymple's imagination and whose story he wished to share. He proved to be a teller of tales every bit as adept and entrancing as Scheherazade.The premise of the book is that after graduating Dalrymple wanted to re-trace the footsteps of Marco Polo from Jerusalem across Asia Minor and deep into the heart of Asia in search of the legendary Xanadu. To do this he had to pass through Israel, Syria, Turkey, Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan and China, visiting some of the most important and memorable sites of antiquity on the way. He made his journey in the late 80s meaning that his journey, although maybe not as perilous or difficult, was a worthy successor to Marco Polo's epic voyage.Since reading In Xanadu I have gone on to read several other books by Dalrymple and while his mature style is a little more settled and refined I look back on this first journey I shared with him with a special fondness for its marvelous exuberance and sense of the infinite possibility of youth.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ What a great book!
*by K***R on November 11, 2015*

In Xanadu is a fascinating, very, very interesting, and very, very funny book! I loved it! Dalrymple is a terrific writer and in this book he is a very brave young man. And he has two very brave young women as traveling companions. Read it and enjoy it and be glad you never have to make a trip like this.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Four Stars
*by M***E on August 12, 2015*

Interesting very "English" book by a great author. Must read in the style of the Old Patagonian Express

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