The Teller of Tales by Hunter Davies
Robert Louis Stevenson gave travel writing a good name, as well as bequeathing it one of his best-known observations, "to travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive". He is best-known for his literary journeys into the past, in such books as "Kidnapped" and "Treasure Island"; but he also travelled in real life, on a donkey in the Cevennes, and finally across the Pacific to Samoa, where he died on 3 December 1894. Hunter Davies retraces Stevenson's steps in this part travelogue, part biography, visiting those places which will always be associated with him; from his birthplace in Edinburgh, to France, California, and then his final home in the Pacific, on the island of Samoa.
Davies, Hunter: -
Hunter Davies is a broadcaster and is the author of over thirty books, many of them seminal best-sellers. He is ex-editor of the Sunday Times Magazine and now writes for The Independent, the Mail and the Standard. He is married to the novelist and biographer Margaret Forster.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781856192637 |
| ISBN 10 | 1856192636 |
| Title | The Teller of Tales |
| Author | Hunter Davies |
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| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Vintage Publishing |
| Year published | 1994-11-14 |
| Number of pages | 400 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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