Through a Land of Extremes: The Littledales of Central Asia
Author(s):
Clinch, Elizabeth & Nicholas
Copyright: 2008, UK
Specifications: 1st, 8vo, pp.324, 24 bw photos, 5 maps, black cloth
Condition: dj & cloth new
The product of 22 years of effort, the Clinch’s tell the previously unpublished story of Teresa and St. George Littledale. The Littledale’s, known in the 19th century as the greatest English Central Asia travelers of their day, journeyed further into that hidden land than any contemporary Western explorer. Yet, they never wrote a book and for over a century their story has remained largely forgotten. Here for the first time, based on diaries and letters, is the story of their remarkable, adventurous and courageous lives. With extensive notes and bibliography.