Empires of the Indus - by Alice Albinia (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>Albinia follows the Indus River in Asia, one of the largest rivers in the world, through 2,000 miles of geography and back to a time 5,000 years ago when a string of sophisticated cities grew on its banks. Illustrations.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>One of the largest rivers in the world, the Indus rises in the Tibetan mountains and flows west across northern India and south through Pakistan. It has been worshipped as a god, used as a tool of imperial expansion, and today is the cement of Pakistan's fractious union. Alice Albinia follows the river upstream, through two thousand miles of geography and back to a time five thousand years ago when a string of sophisticated cities grew on its banks. "This turbulent history, entwined with a superlative travel narrative" (<em>The Guardian</em>) leads us from the ruins of elaborate metropolises, to the bitter divisions of today. Like Rory Stewart's <em>The Places In Between</em>, <em>Empires of the Indus</em> is an engrossing personal journey and a deeply moving portrait of a river and its people.<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>A magnificent book, a triumphant melding of travel and history into a compelling story of adventure and discovery.-- "Financial Times"<br>
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