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A chronicle of travels, some homely some exotic, from the man who can make a schoolboy holiday in Swanage as colourful as a walk in the Hindu Kush.
A collection of writing from Britain's best-loved travel writer, A Merry Dance around the World' is the culmination of a lifetime of adventure.
Life with Italian Peasants immediately after World War II (2).
Veteran travel writer Eric Newby has a massive following and is cherished as the forefather of the modern comic travel book. However, less known are his adventures during the years he spent as an apprentice and commercial buyer in the improbable trade of women's fashion.
First published: London: Martin Secker & Warburg, 1956.
‘Slowly Down the Ganges’ is seen as a vintage Newby masterpiece, alongside ‘A Short Walk in the Hindu Kush’ and ‘Love and War in the Apennines’. Told with Newby's self-deprecating humour and wry attention to detail, this is a classic of the genre and a window into an enchanting piece of history.
This book is a lush and beautiful memoir of a very special house and a superb recreation of a bygone era.
This is the author's account of how in the autumn of 1985, more or less on the spur of the moment, he and his wife Wanda set out to find Ireland on two wheels apiece. Lashed by storms of winter, fuelled by Guinness and warmed by thermal underwear, they set out on their travels along the highways and byways of the isle of Erin, with (bicycle's) pannier packed with maps, spare parts and a veritable library of books on Ireland's stones and stories.
A collection of writing from Britain's best-loved travel writer, ‘A Merry Dance around the World’ is the culmination of a lifetime of adventure.