The Great Hedge Of India Roy Moxham Constable Αγγλικά Βιβλία History World

This Is The Quest For A Lost Wonder Of World In Author\ S Words His \ Ridiculous Obsession\ Arose From Chance Discovery Some Dusty Memoirs That Told Mighty Hedge Spanning Indian Subcontinent Nineteenth Century Was Set Place To Allow Collection Salt Tax By British Customs Officers Inspired Concept Amazing Living Barrier Now Forgotten Roy Moxham Off Find Out What Has Happened It And Whether Any Remnant Existed Today Travels India He Found There Form Basis Illuminating Book Writer Jan Morris Comments At First I Thought Remarkable Must Be Hoax Tells Story One Least-Known Wonders Queen Victoria\ - 2 300 Miles Long Most Made Patrolled 12 000 Men Would Have Stretched London Constantinople Yet Few Historians Mention Us Never Heard Could Anything More Astonishing?\ Σελίδες: 240 Διαστάσεις: 8X12 8Cm