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Walking to Samarkand: The Great Silk Road from Persia to Central Asia

By Bernard Ollivier
Narrated by: Nigel Patterson
Unabridged — 11 hours, 10 minutes
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By Bernard Ollivier
Narrated by: Nigel Patterson
Unabridged — 11 hours, 10 minutes
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Walking to Samarkand is journalist Bernard Ollivier's stunning account of the second leg of his 7,200-mile walk from Istanbul, Turkey, to Xi'an, China, along the Silk Road-the longest and perhaps most mythical trade route of all time.



After crossing the final mountain passes of Turkish Kurdistan, Ollivier sets foot in Iran, keen on locating vestiges of the silk trade as he passes through Persia's modern cities and traditional villages, including Tabriz, Tehran, Nishapur, and the holy city of...