{"product_id":"down-old-roads","title":"Down Old Roads","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFor a million years people have been travelling throughout Europe, from the mysterious\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003ehomo antecessor\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e who left his footprints on the coast of England to travellers on the motorways of today. Under every footstep lies an older one, under every paved road a donkey trail or wagon rut, under every footpath the prints of a hunter or his prey.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAnd yet the long, nation-spanning roads of Europe don't hold a special place in the imaginations and identities of its residents. No classic songs have been written about the E8, the way Americans have written about Route 66. Are Europeans too attached to their own home patch? Or have they too often seen armies marching towards them along those roads?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEager to answer that question, Mathijs Deen goes in search of the warriors, refugees, bandits, pilgrims, fortune-seekers, conquerors and racers who advanced into history along the roads of Europe. From Boekelo in the Netherlands to Smolensk on the Dnieper, and from the first prehistoric Europeans to the barons who raced the open roads of Europe in the early 20th century, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eDown Old Roads\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is both a journey through Europe and a trip through time.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Hachette","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43361083424803,"sku":null,"price":899.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0281\/3607\/9395\/files\/91NSe0pYF3L._SL1500.jpg?v=1784288324","url":"https:\/\/champaca.in\/products\/down-old-roads","provider":"Champaca Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}