In the Empire of Genghis Khan by Stanley Stewart

In the Empire of Genghis Khan by Stanley Stewart

As a child, award-winning travel writer Stanley Stewart dreamed of crossing Mongolia on horseback. This is the story of how that dream was fulfilled by following in the footsteps of a 13th-century Franciscan friar.

‘One of the best travel books of the year’ Sunday Times

‘Humane and funny…an excellent book with sharp, compassionate observations on the lives of people struggling with the weight of history.’ Spectator

‘Stewart is a sensitive, observant traveller, and a gifted writer…in this entertaining, colourful and moving book he reveals both the sad absurdity of this beguiling land and the heartbreaking pathos of its modern history.’ Sara Wheeler, Literary Review

‘A classic travel story, beautifully written…’ Wanderlust

Stanley Stewart is a regular contributor to the Sunday Times and the Daily Telegraph where his work, taking him to over fifty countries, has won numberous prestigious awards, including, on three occasions, Travel Writer of the Year. He is the author of Old Serpent Nile, an account of his journey to the source of the river, and of Froniers of Heaven, the story of his journey across China from Shanghai to Xinjiang, for which he won the Thomas Cook/Daily Telegraph Travel Book Award. He was born in Ireland, grew up in Canada and lives in London.

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ISBN 13	9780006530275
ISBN 10	0006530273
Title	In the Empire of Genghis Khan
Author	Stanley Stewart
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	HarperCollins Publishers
Year published	2001-09-17
Number of pages	304
Prizes	Winner of Thomas Cook Travel Book Award 2001, Winner of Daily Telegraph Travel Book Award 2001
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