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Extreme Continental: Blowing Hot and Cold Through Central Asia
Book by Whittell, Giles
- GenresTravel
256 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1995
About the author
Giles Whittell
14 books38 followersGiles Quintin Sykes Whittell (born 1966)[1][2] is an English author and journalist who has worked for The Times as Correspondent in Russia and the United States.
Whittell was educated at Sherborne School[2] and Christ's College, Cambridge (B.A. 1988).[3] He has worked for The Times of London since 1993, first as US West Coast Correspondent from 1993 to 1999 and later as Moscow Correspondent (1999–2001) and Washington Bureau Chief (2009–2011). As of 2019 he is the paper's chief leader writer.[4]
His books [5] include Lambada Country (1992), Extreme Continental (1994), Spitfire Women of World War II (2007) and Bridge of Spies, a New York Times bestselling account of the Cold War spy swap between Rudolf Abel, Gary Powers and Frederic Pryor on Berlin's Glienicke Bridge in 1962. The book was published in the US in 2010 and the United Kingdom in 2011.[6]
Whittell was educated at Sherborne School[2] and Christ's College, Cambridge (B.A. 1988).[3] He has worked for The Times of London since 1993, first as US West Coast Correspondent from 1993 to 1999 and later as Moscow Correspondent (1999–2001) and Washington Bureau Chief (2009–2011). As of 2019 he is the paper's chief leader writer.[4]
His books [5] include Lambada Country (1992), Extreme Continental (1994), Spitfire Women of World War II (2007) and Bridge of Spies, a New York Times bestselling account of the Cold War spy swap between Rudolf Abel, Gary Powers and Frederic Pryor on Berlin's Glienicke Bridge in 1962. The book was published in the US in 2010 and the United Kingdom in 2011.[6]
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September 7, 2021
Fabulous book. Lambada Country changed my life and made me want to travel and want to write. This follow up was almost as good. That still means it is a fabulous book. It inspired me to visit some of the places he went to (Uzebekistan and Kyrgyzstan are ticked off, three others left) and develop an interest in that part of the world. Fatastic.
May 12, 2024
Following in the footsteps of a journalist decades before him the author travels through far flung parts of Eurasia to discover an amazing world which in parts have not changed since his predecessor.
Great descriptive writing which vividly brings the people and places to life.
Superb armchair travelling.
Great descriptive writing which vividly brings the people and places to life.
Superb armchair travelling.
July 28, 2014
Good for research on Central Asia, especially as it was in 1992, and some funny parts. The author is tenacious: he made a lot of trips back and forth from western Uzbekistan to Tashkent. I only covered that area once on the ground, one way, and that was a long drive already.
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