{"product_id":"the-road-to-oxiana-von-robert-byron-1","title":"The Road to Oxiana","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRobert Byron was born in 1905, and educated at Eton and Merton College, Oxford. He died in 1941, during the Second World War, when the ship he was serving on was torpedoed by a U-Boat off Cape Wrath. Byron's \u003ci\u003eThe Road to Oxiana\u003c\/i\u003e is considered by many modern travel writers to be the first example of great travel writing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAward-winning travel writer and novelist Colin Thubron was born in London on 14 June 1939. Among his books are \u003ci\u003eMirror to Damascus\u003c\/i\u003e (1967), \u003ci\u003eThe Hills of Adonis: A Quest in Lebanon\u003c\/i\u003e (1968), \u003ci\u003eJerusalem\u003c\/i\u003e (1969), \u003ci\u003eThe Lost Heart of Asia\u003c\/i\u003e (1994) and \u003ci\u003eIn Siberia\u003c\/i\u003e (1999). Colin Thubron is a regular contributor and reviewer for magazines and newspapers including \u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Times Literary Supplement\u003c\/i\u003e and the \u003ci\u003eSpectator\u003c\/i\u003e. He lives in London.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"aw-variant-hidden-subtitle-div\" id=\"aw-variant-subtitle-9780141442099\"\u003e\u003ch3\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Libri","offers":[{"title":"Softcover - 9780141442099","offer_id":39414201188445,"sku":"9780141442099","price":16.5,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0940\/0622\/files\/24a9821b-84be-471f-a5ae-7263a7a791de.jpg?v=1781323439","url":"https:\/\/shop.autorenwelt.de\/en\/products\/the-road-to-oxiana-von-robert-byron-1","provider":"Autorenwelt Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}