Robert Byron

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New Delhi: New Annotated Edition
Price: $4.99 USD. Words: 23,720. Language: English. Published: August 9, 2017 by INDEX ebooks. Categories: Nonfiction » Art, Architecture, Photography » Architecture » Criticism, Nonfiction » Art, Architecture, Photography » Architecture » Urban & land use planning
Just before New Delhi was inaugurated as capital of colonial India in February 13, 1931, the magazine "The Architectural Review" published an issue devoted to a study of the new capital of India, with texts, criticisms, and photographs by Robert Byron. In this edition, the texts and photographs of the author are complemented by annotations and links to modern photos of the buildings and places.
The Road to Oxiana: New Edition Linked and Annotaded
Price: $4.99 USD. Words: 146,780. Language: English. Published: August 3, 2016 by INDEX ebooks. Categories: Nonfiction » Travel » Essays & Travelogues, Nonfiction » Travel » By region » Asia
The Road to Oxiana is an account of Robert Byron’s ten-month journey to Iran and Afghanistan in 1933–34 in the company of Christopher Sykes. This travelogue is considered by many modern travel writers to be the first example of great travel writing.

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