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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Page 121
... kind of an inn by the road - side . I forthwith took possession of my bed - chamber , got a good fire , order'd supper ; and was thanking Heaven it was no worse , when a voiture arrived with a lady in it and her servant - maid . As ...
... kind of an inn by the road - side . I forthwith took possession of my bed - chamber , got a good fire , order'd supper ; and was thanking Heaven it was no worse , when a voiture arrived with a lady in it and her servant - maid . As ...
Page 212
... kind of partition made of wands , a pen or fold in which we saw a good many kids . Mr. Johnson asked me where she slept . I asked one of the guides , who asked her in Erse . She spoke with a kind of high tone . He told us she was afraid ...
... kind of partition made of wands , a pen or fold in which we saw a good many kids . Mr. Johnson asked me where she slept . I asked one of the guides , who asked her in Erse . She spoke with a kind of high tone . He told us she was afraid ...
Page 522
... kind of rat , which is now banished by the Norway rat , and an animal of either the otter or beaver species , which is known rather by rumour than by actual certainty . The fishes , too , will give us little trouble . There are only a ...
... kind of rat , which is now banished by the Norway rat , and an animal of either the otter or beaver species , which is known rather by rumour than by actual certainty . The fishes , too , will give us little trouble . There are only a ...
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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