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 184
... light of jalousie and curtain , of rattan Spanish blind and striped Venetian shutter . There is such burning power outside that each infusion holds a luminescence of its own , as though phosphorus was laid there , original light ...
... light of jalousie and curtain , of rattan Spanish blind and striped Venetian shutter . There is such burning power outside that each infusion holds a luminescence of its own , as though phosphorus was laid there , original light ...
Page 222
... light and smoke from one end of the house to the other . I went to bed some time before the family . The door was shut between us , and they had a bright fire , which I could not see ; but the light it sent up among the varnished ...
... light and smoke from one end of the house to the other . I went to bed some time before the family . The door was shut between us , and they had a bright fire , which I could not see ; but the light it sent up among the varnished ...
Page 235
... light is horrible , playing upon such faces . . . . I felt I was in a nightmare , or in a story by ' Edgar Poe ' . The gas - light cannot overcome the shadows in that heavy , stifling air full of unfamiliar exhalations . Nothing could ...
... light is horrible , playing upon such faces . . . . I felt I was in a nightmare , or in a story by ' Edgar Poe ' . The gas - light cannot overcome the shadows in that heavy , stifling air full of unfamiliar exhalations . Nothing could ...
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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