About “The Road to Samarcand”

The story begins with a sloop in the South China Sea surviving a killer typhoon during the 1930s. The protagonist, a teenaged American boy whose missionary parents have died, travels with his rough seafaring uncle and an elderly English cousin, an eminent archaeologist, in search of ancient treasures in Central Asia.

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Latest edition
2007 · ISBN 9781602850118
ISBN
9781602850118

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How many pages is The Road to Samarcand?

The Road to Samarcand by Patrick O'Brian has 319 pages.

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