True North: Travels in Arctic Europe - Hardcover

Gavin Francis

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1846970784 ISBN 13: 9781846970788

Publisher: Polygon An Imprint of Birlinn Limited, 2008

Synopsis

The stark, vast beauty of the remote Arctic Europe landscape has been the focus of human exploration for thousands of years. In this striking blend of travel writing, history and mythology, Gavin Francis offers a unique portrait of the northern fringes of Europe. His journey begins in the Shetland Isles, takes him to the Faroes, Iceland, Greenland, Svalbard and on to Lapland. Following in the footsteps of the region's early pioneers, Francis observes how the region has adapted to the 21st century, giving an observed insight into the lives of people he encounters along the way. As with all the best travel writing, "True North" is an engaging, compassionate tale of self-discovery, whilst blending historical and contemporary narratives in the tradition of Bruce Chatwin and Robert Macfarlane.

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Review:

True North is a wonder-voyage - an immrama - out into the landscape of the northern regions, but also into the mindscape of those many travellers who have been drawn irresistibly northwards over the millennia. Fluent, subtle, tough and often beautiful, True North stands alongside Peter Davidson s The Idea of North and Joanna Kavenna s The Ice Museum as a significant recent addition to the Arctic canon --Robert Macfarlane

A deep empathy with the land and its history runs like a golden thread through every chapter of True North --The Spectator

Thank goodness for people like Gavin Francis who are prepared not only to visit our northerly neighbours, but write about them in a way that shows how much of their history is our history too --The Scotsman

Review:

Thank goodness for people like Gavin Francis who are prepared not only to visit our northerly neighbours, but write about them in a way that shows how much of their history is our history too

About this edition

• Publisher: Polygon An Imprint of Birlinn Limited
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 1846970784
• ISBN 13: 9781846970788
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 266