LEADER 03258oam 2200577 450 001 9910162792503321 005 20191118111955.0 010 $a1-350-98815-4 010 $a1-78673-052-9 010 $a1-78672-052-3 024 7 $a10.5040/9781350988156 035 $a(CKB)3710000001042644 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4792863 035 $a(OCoLC)1128160331 035 $a(CaBNVSL)9781350988156 035 $a(CaBNVSL)mat50988156 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000001042644 100 $a20191118d2019 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $2rdacontent 182 $2rdamedia 183 $2rdacarrier 200 10$aSpeedy motor $etravels across Asia and the Middle East in a Morgan /$fJohn Carswell 205 $aFirst edition. 210 1$aLondon, England :$cI.B. Tauris,$d2019. 210 2$a[London, England] :$cBloomsbury Publishing,$d2019. 215 $a1 online resource (221 pages, 11 unnumbered pages of plates) $cillustrations, photographs, maps 300 $aIncludes index. 311 $a1-78453-726-8 327 $aIn the Beginning -- The Road to Damascus -- Journey to Bombay -- India to Sri Lanka -- Sri Lanka -- Male and the Maldives -- Sri Lanka Again -- India Once More -- The Crash -- Bombay and Back -- War -- The Final Solution -- Epilogue. 330 $aIn the summer of 1974, against the backdrop of the Lebanese Civil War, ceramics expert and Morgan sports car enthusiast John Carswell set off with his young family from their home in Beirut on an expedition across Asia and the Middle East. Their mode of transport was their beloved motor car, a Morgan 4/4 four seater, named 'Speedy'. Following in the steps of Ibn Battuta, their destination was the Maldives, where Carswell hoped to find evidence of the Chinese blue and white pottery which he was researching. The family travelled via Syria, Jordan, Saudi Arabia and Kuwait, and from there they sailed to Bombay (Mumbai). What followed was an extraordinary journey across the length of India to Sri Lanka and from there to the Maldives. Speedy Motor tells, with wit and sparkle, the trials and tribulations of one family car over several decades in the Middle East and latterly Europe. When the family were forced to flee Beirut during the Civil War, Speedy temporarily fell into the hands of Hizbollah but years later 'he' was reunited with his family in England. John Carswell's vivid account of a unique expedition and a much-loved car provides a vibrant portrait of a region in the grip of change. 517 3 $aTravels across Asia and the Middle East in a Morgan 606 $aAutomobile travel$zAsia$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aAutomobile travel$zMiddle East$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aMorgan automobile 606 $2Travel writing 607 $aAsia$xDescription and travel 607 $aMiddle East$xDescription and travel 615 0$aAutomobile travel$xHistory 615 0$aAutomobile travel$xHistory 615 0$aMorgan automobile. 676 $a915.04427092 700 $aCarswell$b John$f1931-$0459598 801 0$bNLE 801 1$bCaBNVSL 801 2$bCaBNVSL 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910162792503321 996 $aSpeedy motor$92953883 997 $aUNINA