A Book of Traveller's TalesDavid Livingstone on being attacked by a lion in Africa, Cecil Beaton on an evening with the Rolling Stones in Marrakesh, Roman Emperor Hannibal on crossing the Alps, Henry James on the Epsom Derby, John Steinbeck on trying to get out of a small town in upstate New York ... these are some of the more than 300 writers and subjects represented in this veritable Who's Who of travellers from 430 B.C. to the 1980s. |
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... give me yours ; it is my custom to give visitors pretty wives , and I thought you might exchange . Don't make a fuss about it ; if you don't like it , there's an end of it ; I will never mention it again . ' This very practical apology ...
... give me yours ; it is my custom to give visitors pretty wives , and I thought you might exchange . Don't make a fuss about it ; if you don't like it , there's an end of it ; I will never mention it again . ' This very practical apology ...
Page 224
... give it you as a proof of the extraordinary voluntary seclusion of the present sovereign , that our Secretary of Legation was presented with me for the first time , though he has been here in that capacity for two years . His Majesty ...
... give it you as a proof of the extraordinary voluntary seclusion of the present sovereign , that our Secretary of Legation was presented with me for the first time , though he has been here in that capacity for two years . His Majesty ...
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... give them a surprise on reaching it . . . . At eight miles and a half came upon a broad valley of black alluvial soil , covered with long grass ; from this I can hear the wash of the sea . On the other side of the valley , which is ...
... give them a surprise on reaching it . . . . At eight miles and a half came upon a broad valley of black alluvial soil , covered with long grass ; from this I can hear the wash of the sea . On the other side of the valley , which is ...
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Africa American arrived asked beautiful called camels canoe CECIL BEATON clothes Copyright crossed D. H. LAWRENCE dark desert dressed drink East England English traveller ERIC NEWBY expedition explorer eyes face feet fire fish Gobi Desert hair Hakluyt Society hand head horses IBN BATTUTA India Indian island JAN MORRIS JOHN JONATHAN RABAN journey kill King ladies Lake land live London looked LUDOVICO DI VARTHEMA miles morning mountains natives never night North novelist ODORIC OF PORDENONE passed PETER FLEMING quaggas reached Reprinted by permission returned river road rock round seemed seen ship side sight sleep South stone streets thing THOMAS CORYATE thought Tibet told took town trans trees turned voyage walked women wood writer young