Table of Contents

The merchant's tale; the soldier's tale; the horsemen's tale; the monk's tale; the courtesan's tale; the nun's tale; the widow's tale; the official's tale; the artist's tale.

About the Author

Susan Whitfield runs the International Dunhuang Project at the British Library, providing Internet access to over 50,000 pre-eleventh century Silk Road manuscripts now in collections worldwide. She has written several books and articles on the Silk Road and China, including China: A Literary Companion, and travels there regularly.

Reviews

A wonderful find this book is a treasure - South China Morning Post The cast reads like something out of The Canterbury Tales brings to life the history and also the great variety of people, languages, religions, interests and behaviour along this most remarkable of migratory routes - Sunday TimesExamines the famous central Asian trade route through the life of ten separate individuals - Contemporary Review A trail-blazer, vividly recreating the life and times of this great cultural highway - Scotsman