Ebook {Epub PDF} Along the Amber Route by C.J. Schüler

 · Portable and expensive, amber has always been a desirable commodity. CJ Schüler follows the historic Amber Route from St Petersburg to Venice through three millennia of history. Schüler travels by bus, train and boat for 2, kilometres along river valleys, forest paths and Roman roads. Along the Amber Route by C. J. Schüler review: Telling the complex history of the ancient amber trade route. The route C. J. Schüler takes – from St Petersburg in Russia along the Baltic coast, then down through Poland and the old Austro-Hungarian lands to Venice – is the ancient trade route for amber, the warm golden substance formed from the fossilized resin of Baltic pine trees, often containing . The Amber Route ran south from ther Baltic Sea through central Europe to Venice. There was an earlier 'Viking' route that utilised rivers through Russia and the Ukraine to reach the Black Sea, which is not mentioned here. The largest amber source in the Common Era was present-day Kaliningrad, an anomalous Russian statelet and military base/5(26).

Along the Amber Route by C.J. Schüler. The Early Slavs: Culture and Society in Early Medieval Eastern Europe by Paul M. Barford. Iron Curtain: the Crushing of Eastern Europe by Anne Applebaum. The Bridge at Andau by James Michener. A History of the Baltic States by Andres Kasekamp. Danubia by Simon Winder. Danube by Claudio Magris. C. J. Schüler is a freelance writer, journalist and cultural historian specialising in European fiction in translation, travel and the arts. His latest book, The Wood That Built London, a history of the woodland that once covered much of South London, is published by Sandstone Press on 7 October His travelogue Along the Amber Route: St Petersburg to Venice (also from Sandstone), hailed. Following the Amber Route from the Baltic to the Mediterranean, C. J. Schuler charts the origins of amber, the myths and legends that have grown around it, and the dazzling artefacts crafted from it and traded along the way. Schuler reflects on the route's violent history through the centuries, not least his own family's experience of.

Along the Amber Route by C. J. Schüler review: Telling the complex history of the ancient amber trade route. The route C. J. Schüler takes – from St Petersburg in Russia along the Baltic coast, then down through Poland and the old Austro-Hungarian lands to Venice – is the ancient trade route for amber, the warm golden substance formed from the fossilized resin of Baltic pine trees, often containing fragments of ancient vegetation or [ ]. Light, portable and high in value, amber is an ideal commodity for long-distance trade. An Amber Route, comparable to the Silk Road, ran from the Baltic to the Mediterranean for thousands of years. C.J. Schüler followed this route by bus, train and boat for 2, kilometres along river valleys, forest paths and Roman roads. C.J. Schüler follows the historic Amber Route from St Petersburg to Venice through three millennia of history. Throughout his journey, current politics and his own family’s experience of persecution and flight are never far from his mind. RRP: £ Format: Hardback. ISBN: Publication Date: 27/02/ Formats Available: Hardback.