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When a Chinese monk broke into a hidden cave in 1900, he uncovered one of the world's greatest literary secrets: a time capsule from the ancinet Silk Road. Inside, scrolls were piled from floor to ceiling, undisturbed for a thousand years. The gem within was the Diamond Sutra of AD 868. ... read more
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Setting & Locations edit
- Great Silk Road: an ancient travel route across Asia
First Sentence edit
For nearly a thousand years two attendants waited, sealed from the world in a hand-carved cave, while the sands of the great Gobi Desert crept forward.
Table of Contents edit
Prologue
1. The Great Race
2. Signs of Wonder
3. The Listening Post
4. The Moon and the Mail
5. The Angels' Sanctuary
6. City of Sands
7. Tricks and Trust
8. Key to the Cave
9. The Hidden Gem
10. The Thieves' Road
11. Affliction in the Orchard
12. Frozen
13. Yesterday, Having Drunk Too Much...
14. Stormy Debut
15. Treasure Hunters
16. Hnagman's Hill
17. Facets of a Jewel
18. Shifting Sands
19. Scroll Forward
Postscript
Acknowledgments
Endnotes
Select Bibliography
Index
About the Authors
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Picador
Country: Australia
Publication Date: 2011
ISBN: 978-0-7627-8297-0
Page Count: 325
Publisher: Picador
Country: Australia
Publication Date: 2011
ISBN: 978-0-7627-8297-0
Page Count: 325
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- Dewey: 909.09821
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