William dalrymple was born in scotland and brought up on the shores of firth of forth he is the author of five books of history and travel, including the highly acclaimed best-seller city of djinns, which won the thomas cook travel book award and the sunday times young british writer of the year award his previous book, white mughals, garnered a range of prizes, including the prestigious /5(). 6 rows · · William Dalrymple’s award-winning first book: his classic, fiercely intelligent and wonderfully Brand: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group. While discussing the historical connections between the lands of South Asia, East Asia and Middle East, Dalrymple illustrates the 7|In Xanadu; A Quest geographical congruity of south Asian territories as Ayatollah Iran, battled- Afghanistan, and enclosed china (Dalrymple, 11) in light of political disturbance and religious-sectarian conflicts which have always been keeping this region in bltadwin.ruted Reading Time: 10 mins.
Travel Writing; A critical study of William Dalrymple's "In Xanadu; A Quest" International Islamic University, Islamabad, IIUI. Sana Nisar Comparative Literature Ap Travel Literature is travel writing of a non-fiction type. Travel writing is usually a record of the experiences of travelers in some new places and environments. In Xanadu: a quest Item Preview remove-circle Share or Embed This Item. Share to Twitter. Share to Facebook. Share to Reddit. In Xanadu: a quest by Dalrymple, William. Publication date Topics Dalrymple, William, Polo, Marco, ?, Voyages and travels, Asia, - Visitors' guides. In Xanadu is a highly acclaimed and very enjoyable travelogue about a summer trip taken by William Dalrymple, a 22 year old Cambridge University student and now famous travel writer, on a quest to trace the path of Marco Polo. The book chronicles 12, miles of travels, starting from the steps of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem across Asia to find Xanadu, an ancient capital of Inner Mongolia.
William Dalrymple’s award-winning first book: his classic, fiercely intelligent and wonderfully entertaining account of his journey across Marco Polo’s year-old route from Jerusalem to Xanadu, the summer palace of Kubla Khan. At the age of twenty-two, Dalrymple left his college in Cambridge to travel to the ruins of Kubla Khan’s. In Xanadu: A Quest is a travel book by William Dalrymple. Overview. In Xanadu traces the path taken by Marco Polo from the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem to the site of Shangdu, famed as Xanadu in English literature, in Inner Mongolia, China. This would all end in a quest? When. I imagined myself several times in a places far away. On a beach, on a mountain, a cosy diner with my girlfriend and the cheese melting on pizza. Here I am dreaming and then I suddenly remember this book, In Xanadu by William Dalrymple.
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