Summary of Journeys on the Silk Road From Joyce Morgan & Conrad Walters

Journeys on the Silk Road
A Desert Explorer, Buddha’s Secret Library, and the Unearthing of the World’s Oldest Printed Book From Joyce Morgan and Conrad Walters
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In Journeys on the Silk Road, Joyce Morgan and Conrad Walters use historical records to create an entertaining narrative that brings the past to life. Rather than making a dry history book or a simple account of what happens, the authors color the story with vivid descriptions and minor details that allow readers to gain not just a sense of what happened but how it happened.
Even as the authors take some creative liberty (adding specific dialogue where it is definitely not possible to have known exactly what was said), they remain as objective as possible and tell a story that conveys the facts as accurately as possible. This objectivity comes through clearly in the portions of the book in which the authors describe alternative perspectives on the historical events which occurred.