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 227
... road which bore us . This had been the great stumbling - block in the minds of the committee of the House of Commons ; but Mr. Stephenson has succeeded in overcoming it . . . . We had now come fifteen miles , and stopped where the road ...
... road which bore us . This had been the great stumbling - block in the minds of the committee of the House of Commons ; but Mr. Stephenson has succeeded in overcoming it . . . . We had now come fifteen miles , and stopped where the road ...
Page 238
... Road . While I was hesitating and peering out into the darkness James spied an ancient doddering man who had stopped ... Road is . ' ' Ah- ? The King's Road ? Just so ! Quite right ! Can you , as a matter of fact , my good man , tell us ...
... Road . While I was hesitating and peering out into the darkness James spied an ancient doddering man who had stopped ... Road is . ' ' Ah- ? The King's Road ? Just so ! Quite right ! Can you , as a matter of fact , my good man , tell us ...
Page 243
... road were scared - looking , pink and white villas , each one possessing a bald garden and a brand - new galvanized dustbin at the back door . Wives as new as the gardens and the houses busied about their work and took frequent peeps ...
... road were scared - looking , pink and white villas , each one possessing a bald garden and a brand - new galvanized dustbin at the back door . Wives as new as the gardens and the houses busied about their work and took frequent peeps ...
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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