A visual and historic journey through 130 ancient cities across 25 countries, highlighting their unique stories and enduring legacies. With 200 striking duotone photographs, Bill Frej captures the spirit and beauty of these cities, some well-known and others seldom seen. Introduction by Anne Frej. Click here for a pdf of the review.
Winner of the Silver Medal for Travel Books from the Lowell Thomas Travel Journalism Competition sponsored by the Society of American Travel Writers Foundation
Jury comments: “This looks like a massive coffee-table book at first glance, and it is indeed visually gorgeous. Yet the contents are so much more than eye candy. The photographs of William Frej are stunning. The words he contributes with Anne Frej complement the images achingly well. Add the scholarly essay by Edwin Bernbaum and the book’s foreword, and the result is a combination of wonder. The “roof of the world” signifies the collective region termed the Himalayas. Daily life tends to be isolated and hard on the mountains and in their valleys. The work chronicles more than 20 treks by the authors in the regions of what today is termed Nepal, Tibet, Bhutan, plus parts of Pakistan, India, Afghanistan and Kyrgyzstan.”