"In Xanadu" is travel writing at its best.
Fresh out of college and inspired by the spirit of great travellers before him, William Dalrymple undertakes a journey from Jerusalem to Shangdu taking him through Turkey, Syria, mid-revolution Iran, the famed Silk Roads, Pakistan and China in a travelogue which catapulted him to instant literary acclaim and became a classic of its genre.
Both scholarly and extremely entertaining, In Xanadu is a grand adventure in the company a travel companion whose erudition and curiosity is matched only by his wit and flair.
