{"product_id":"the-crossing-place-a-journey-among-the-armenians","title":"The Crossing Place: A Journey among the Armenians","description":"\u003cp\u003eA revised and updated edition of Philip Marsden's classic travel book, published to coincide with the centenary of the Armenian massacres.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003eAfter centuries of prominence as a world power, Armenia has withstood every attempt during the 20th century to destroy it. With a name redolent both of dim antiquity and of a modern world and its tensions, the Armenians founded a civilization and underwent a diaspora that brought many of the great ideas of the East to Western Europe.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Crossing Place is Philip Marsden's gripping account of his remarkable journey through the Middle East, Eastern Europe and the Caucasus in a quest to discover the secret of one of the world's most extraordinary peoples.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCaught between opposing empires, between warring religions and ideologies - at the crossing place of history - the Armenians have somehow survived against the odds. This is their story - told by one of the finest travel writers at work today.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"sb-details\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGenre:\u003c\/strong\u003e Armenia, Civilization\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublished:\u003c\/strong\u003e 2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 252\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e William Collins\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9780008127435\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Marsden, Philip","offers":[{"title":"Very Good — £5.28","offer_id":48132530307249,"sku":"SB-0008127433-C2","price":5.28,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0618\/2669\/5345\/files\/0008127433.jpg?v=1793668368","url":"https:\/\/sellbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-crossing-place-a-journey-among-the-armenians","provider":"Sell Books .co.uk","version":"1.0","type":"link"}