On 24 February 1941 the destroyer transporting Robert Byron to Meshed, Iran, was torpedoed off the north coast of Scotland above Stornoway. There were no survivors. At the time the newspapers reported...
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In the following review of The Road to Oxiana, Greene discusses what he considers the book's strengths and shortcomings.
"Samarcand, for the last fifty years, has attracted scholars, ...
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In the following essay, Young praises Byron's display of insight and adept prose style in The Road to Oxiana.
A diary is not to be judged like other books, because in real life incidents wil...
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In the following essay, Chatwin expresses his admiration for The Road to Oxiana.
Anyone who reads around the travel books of the thirties must, in the end, conclude that Robert Byron's The R...
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Robert Byron
Critical Essay by Graham Greene
