{"product_id":"9780008127435","title":"The Crossing Place","description":"\u003cp\u003eA revised and updated edition of Philip Marsden’s classic travel book, published to coincide with the centenary of the Armenian massacres.\u003c\/p\u003e          \u003cp\u003eAfter centuries of prominence as a world power, Armenia has withstood every attempt during the 20th century to destroy it. With a name redolent both of dim antiquity and of a modern world and its tensions, the Armenians founded a civilization and underwent a diaspora that brought many of the great ideas of the East to Western Europe.\u003c\/p\u003e          \u003cp\u003eThe Crossing Place is Philip Marsden’s gripping account of his remarkable journey through the Middle East, Eastern Europe and the Caucasus in a quest to discover the secret of one of the world’s most extraordinary peoples.\u003c\/p\u003e          \u003cp\u003eCaught between opposing empires, between warring religions and ideologies – at the crossing place of history – the Armenians have somehow survived against the odds. This is their story – told by one of the finest travel writers at work today.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56220789834101,"sku":"9780008127435","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9780008127435_ed10ec4a-fbe1-4af0-850c-8bffaa094a06.jpg?v=1786033084","url":"https:\/\/backstory.london\/products\/9780008127435","provider":"Backstory","version":"1.0","type":"link"}