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The Road to Oxiana

Robert Byron

The Road to Oxiana is a travelogue by British writer Robert Byron (1905–1941), chronicling his ten-month journey in 1933–1934 through Persia (modern Iran) and Afghanistan in search of the origins of Islamic architecture. Byron, an Oxford-educated art historian with a passion for Islamic...

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The Life of Samuel Johnson

James Boswell

The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. is widely regarded as one of the greatest biographies in English literature. This monumental work chronicles the life, wit, and intellectual legacy of Dr. Samuel Johnson (1709–1784), the renowned lexicographer, poet, critic, and conversationalist, best known...

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Visits to Monasteries in the Levant

Robert Curzon

Visits to Monasteries in the Levant, first published in 1849 by John Murray, is a travelogue by Robert Curzon, 14th Baron Zouche (1810–1873), an English diplomat, bibliophile, and traveler. Chronicling his journeys through Egypt, Palestine, and Greece in 1833–1837, the book offers a...

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