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Along the Amber Route: St Petersburg to Venice

Location(s): Eastern Europe
Genre(s): Travelogue
Era(s): 2010s
Following the Amber Route from the Baltic to the Mediterranean, C. J. Schuler charts the origins of amber, the myths and legends that have grown around it, and the dazzling artefacts crafted from it and traded along the way. Schuler reflects on the route’s violent history through the centuries, not least his own family’s experience of persecution and flight.
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