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Our selection includes several new titles by the curator of the
exhibition, Dr Susan Whitfield.
Exhibition Catalogue
The Silk Road: Trade, Travel, War and Faith
Edited by Susan Whitfield
Colour reproductions of all the exhibits, with extended captions.
Editor’s substantial introduction and 10 essays by leading
scholars who present new research based on manuscripts, paintings
and artefacts in the exhibition.
Dr Susan Whitfield is Director of the International
Dunhuang Project at the British Library.
400 pages, 290 x 220mm
350 colour illustrations
Hardback £45.00
Paperback £25.00
Publication June 2004
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The Silk Road: Trade, Travel, War and Faith
Susan Whitfield
Souvenir guide of the exhibition with a selection of key exhibits
and their stories. A fascinating and accessible glimpse of life
on the Silk Road.
48 pages, 244 x 172mm
30 colour illustrations
Paperback £4.95
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Aurel Stein on the Silk Road
Susan Whitfield
An illustrated account of the adventures of the great Silk Road
scholar, explorer and archaeologist, whose expeditions a century
ago - always accompanied by his dog Dash - included the discovery
of ancient cities and a hoard of Buddhist paintings and manuscripts,
hidden since the 11th century inside a secret cave at Dunhuang.
144 pages, 245 x 245 mm
70 colour, 30 black & white illustrations
Hardback £18.99
Published by British Museum Press
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The Silk Road: 2,000 Years in the Heart of Asia
Frances Wood
Covers more the 2,000 years of history, illustrated
throughout with many manuscripts and paintings from the British
Library and
other museums worldwide. Also unique and previously unpublished
photographs by the great explorers Stein, Hedin and Mannerheim.
‘As Head of the Chinese Section at the British Library,
and someone who clearly knows the area as well as she does its
history, Frances Wood is an erudite narrator.’ Fergus Fleming,
Times Literary Supplement
272 pages, 272 x 160mm
60 colour, 20 black-and-white illustrations
Paperback £12.95
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Plus gifts to suit all tastes and all pockets from the
Silk Road Bazaar - Turkish delight, jade jewellery, silk scarves and more.
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