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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... soon fell in with them , and , coming within shot , fired at them right and left , and heard both bullets tell , upon which they galloped across the plain with the stallion still after them . One of them , however , was hard hit , and soon ...
... soon fell in with them , and , coming within shot , fired at them right and left , and heard both bullets tell , upon which they galloped across the plain with the stallion still after them . One of them , however , was hard hit , and soon ...
Page 154
... soon flowed with milk , and mountains of eggs arose . And soon there was tea before us , with all its welcome fragr- ance ; and as we reclined on the floor we found that a portmanteau was just the right height for a table . The duty of ...
... soon flowed with milk , and mountains of eggs arose . And soon there was tea before us , with all its welcome fragr- ance ; and as we reclined on the floor we found that a portmanteau was just the right height for a table . The duty of ...
Page 519
... soon had a capital house built , and had raised a fire large enough to roast an . I will not mention what , as our provisions were not of that kind ; but had soon a kettle of hot penguin soup , which would be a capital mess were it not ...
... soon had a capital house built , and had raised a fire large enough to roast an . I will not mention what , as our provisions were not of that kind ; but had soon a kettle of hot penguin soup , which would be a capital mess were it not ...
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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