A Book of Lands and Peoples by Eric Newby

A Book of Lands and Peoples by Eric Newby

A sparkling anthology of several centuries worth of the worlds best travel writing, assembled by the legendary Eric Newby, the author of A Short Walk in the Hindu Kush and Love and War in the Apennines, and one of Britains pre-eminent and best-loved travel writers.

'An absorbing record of discovery and derring-do.. Newby is to be congratulated on this engaging collection' Guardian 'It is difficult to find fault with a book which has everything from mountaineer Joe Simpson hanging perilously in the void to Ruy Gonzales de Clavijo reporting on longlimbed ladies in Tamerlane's gorgeous capital at Samarkand...A wonderful literary journey through the centuries and across the seven continents ... a sumptuous celebration of travel.' The Spectator

Eric Newby was born in London in 1919 and educated at St Paul’s School. During the Second World War he served in the Black Watch and Special Boat Service and was a prisoner of war from 1942-5. He was awarded a Military Cross in 1945. For many years he was travel editor of the Observer. He is the author of many travel books including ‘Slowly down the Ganges’, ‘A Small Place in Italy’, ‘Departures and Arrivals’, and two books of photographs: ‘What the Traveller Saw’ and ‘Around the World in Eighty Years’. He was made CBE in 1994. He died in October 2006.

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ISBN 13	9780007149407
ISBN 10	0007149409
Titre	A Book of Lands and Peoples
Auteur	Eric Newby
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Type de reliure	Paperback
Éditeur	HarperCollins Publishers
Année de publication	2004-10-18
Nombre de pages	640
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