Persepolis, from Glasgow in a School Bus: With Stops on the Way - Softcover

Richard M. Orr

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1849211620 ISBN 13: 9781849211628

Publisher: Zeticula, 2016

Synopsis

In June, 1973, a group of eleven teachers, students and pupils from Glasgow boarded a new school minibus and began a trip - across Europe, Turkey, Syria and Iraq - to Persepolis, in Iran, the ceremonial capital of the great king Darius of Persia and his son and successor Xerxes. This is the story, based on the diary and photographs of one of the teachers. A fascinating mix of archaeology and culture, the practicalities of travel on a tight budget, bureaucracy, political disruption, and food and drink. Liberally illustrated with maps of the route and photographs of ancient sites, cities and landscapes, and of the minibus and its inhabitants.

About this title

About the Author:

Richard M. Orr is the author of The Marchioness of Graham: A Purser's Log: A Diary from a Clyde Steamer in 1957 (Kennedy & Boyd, 2010), and Aboard Queen Mary II: A Purser's Life on the Glasgow Boat (Kennedy & Boyd, 2011).

About this edition

• Publisher: Zeticula
• Publication date: 2016
• ISBN 10: 1849211620
• ISBN 13: 9781849211628
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 214