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BOOK DESCRIPTION In January 2002 Rory Stewart walked across Afghanistan
-- surviving by his wits, his knowledge of Persian dialects and Muslim
customs, and the kindness of strangers. By day he passed through
mountains covered in nine feet of snow, hamlets burned and emptied
by the Taliban, and communities thriving amid the remains of medieval
civilizations. By night he slept on villagers' floors, shared their
meals, and listened to their stories of the recent and ancient past.
Along the way Stewart met heroes and rogues, tribal elders and teenage
soldiers, Taliban commanders and foreign-aid workers. He was also
adopted by an unexpected companion -- a retired fighting mastiff
he named Babur in honor of Afghanistan's first Mughal emperor, in
whose footsteps the pair was following.
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