Angus Forsyth: Ships of the Silk Road [2019] hardback ZCURA In just one evening six

In just one evening six lives will change for ever

'Beautifully done

brilliantly vivid

who lived at home

All rendered in painstaking detail by Graham Higgins (who feels he now knows altogether far too much about the murky goings on inside Nobbs' head)

Angus Forsyth: Ships of the Silk Road [2019] hardback ZCURA In just one evening sixFor hundreds of years the Bactrian camel ploughed a lonely furrow across the vast wilderness of Asia. This bizarre looking, temperamental yet hardy creature here came into its own as the core goods vehicle, resolutely and reliably transporting to China over huge and unforgiving distances fine things from the West while taking treasures out of the Middle Kingdom in return. Where the chariot, wagon and other wheeled conveyances proved useless amidst the