{"product_id":"the-crossing-place-9780008127435","title":"The Crossing Place","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Philip Marsden\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: William Collins\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: William Collins\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Asia - General\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\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\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","brand":"William Collins","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45047143792791,"sku":"9780008127435","price":986.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780008127435.webp?v=1767262777","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/the-crossing-place-9780008127435","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}