The crossing place. A journey among the Armenians

“A fascinating journey, a lone and absorbing quest for what stubbornly survives a holocaust - a people, a landscape, a language, a religious vision”    (D.M. Thomas)

“The Crossing Place” is the account of a remarkable journey through the Middle East, Eastern Europe and the Caucasus, a quest to discover the secret of one of the world's most extraordinary peoples. Caught between opposing empires, between warring religions and ideologies - at the crossing place of history - the Armenians have somehow survived against the odds.

“An interest, then an obsession, then a quest - and eventually a book, ”The Crossing Place", in which Marsden's fine and unostentatious travel writing is criss-crossed with traces of politics and cultural history… This is a beautifully written book, with enough incident and observation to convey the unpredictabilities of real travel"   (Noel Malcolm, Sunday Telegraph)

“One of the best young travel writers in search of the elusive, enigmatic Armenians… A wonderful journey recounted with knowledge, humour and a beautiful, elegiac sadness”   (Nicholas Wollaston, Observer)