The Golden Horde: Travels from the Himalaya to Karpathos

The Golden Horde: Travels from the Himalaya to Karpathos

by Imogen Paine (Illustrator), Sheila Paine (Author)

Synopsis

Sheila Paine's journey in search of this elusive talismaic triangle had been frustrating. Her new travels begin in an Himalayan valley, take her though the turbulent island of the disintegrating ex-Soviet Union and end on the Greek island of Karpathos in the Dodecanese, where the embroidered Afghan amulet she is seeking is still worn by the women on the island to ward off evil spirits.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 320
Edition: New
Publisher: Penguin
Published: 05 Feb 1998

ISBN 10: 0140253963
ISBN 13: 9780140253962

Media Reviews
The Golden Horde is the perfect vehicle for Paine' s fresh prose. -- Independent on Sunday, Book of the Week
This is excellent travel writing from an author who is always lively, fascinated by everything and prepared to take almost insane risks. -- Times Literary Suppl ement
Dalrymple and Birkett both project personal glamour. Sheila Paine couldn' t be bothered with it... she has a lovely tenderness towards those who made or make things. -- The Guardian
Sheila Paine is not your usual travel writer. When she comes across a piece of her precious embroidery, the prose lights up as if illuminated from within. -- Irish Times
Few travellers manage to get below the surface grottiness of Central Asia: Paine, now and again, touches something very deep indeed. -- Irish Times
She is intrepid, upbeat and a keen observer of human types. -- The Scotsman