A Book of Travellers' Tales - Eric Newby

Edited by Eric Newby

Featuring Henry James on the Epsom Derby, Cecil Beaton on an evening with the Rolling Stones in Marrakesh, and Hannibal on crossing the Alps, this anthology offers more than three hundred travel pieces dating from 430 B.C. to the 1980s

Newby gives full due to the classic travel writers, but he also shows a wonderful gift for hunting out fascinating, illuminating pieces by obscure or unexpected people. An indispensable companion for armchair travellers.

Picador Paperback



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