I thought it might be fun - given it's a sunny Friday in with leaves strating to fall from the trees, so organise a Silk Roads related competition.

I've been tweeted some lovely photos of my Silk Roads book on coffee tables, by swimming pools, in the evening sun, on airplanes, on the tube/subway. So I've decided that I'm going to give a prize for the best photo that tweeted in the next week of my Silk Roads book.

Extra points come for the setting, the surroundings, and the wording you choose to accompany the entry.

The prize is fabulous ! It's an audible download of the book, read by Laurence Kennedy, which is worth an amazing £47.15).

To enter, please use the hashtag #SilkRoadsPrize, and include my twitter handle too (@peterfrankopan) so I receive it.

Entries need to be in by the end of next weekend (18 Oct), and I'll tweet the winner that evening at 9pm UK time.

I'll DM the winner the key code that will unlock the download. It's a key that relates to audibile.co.uk - so it might not work for those outside the UK. I'm afraid no cash or other alternative prizes for those outside the UK. But enter for the love of the competition, rather than for the glittering prize that awaits. (You can re-gift the code to your loved ones - what a lovely present to receive).

Good luck !