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Author(s): Dervla Murphy

Location(s): Afghanistan, Europe, India

Genre(s): Travelogue

Era(s): 20th Century

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Shortly after her tenth birthday, Dervla Murphy decided to cycle to India. Almost 20 years later, she set out to achieve her ambition. Her epic journey began during the coldest winter in memory, taking her through Europe, Persia, Afghanistan, over the Himalayas to Pakistan, and into India. This captivating account–Murphy’s first–is an enchantment that holds the reader to the final page.

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“Few people can have had a better chance of understanding Asian people than Dervla Murphy” DAILY TELEGRAPH

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