Views from Abroad : The Spectator Book of Travel Writing
Klinke, Jeffrey, Marsden, Philip
ISBN 10: 0586088962 ISBN 13: 9780586088968
Published by Paladin, 1989
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This selection of travel writing from "The Spectator" covers diversity of experience and is arranged in geographical sections (Western Europe, Eastern Europe, Africa, Middle East, Far East and Australia, North America, Central and South America) and follows an introductory chapter which includes "Is the travel-book dead?" by Kinglsey Amis, "The philosophy of travel" by Freya Stark, and profiles of great travel writers. The contributors include - Jan (and James) Morris, Shiva Naipaul, Simon Raven, John Betjeman (on never having been to Venice), Harold Nicolson, Evelyn Waugh, Elizabeth David, Nancy Mitford, Peter Ackroyd, Patrick Marnham, John Stewart Collis, Jeffrey Bernard, Barry Humphries, Cyril Ray, Alistair Horne, Richard West, Daniel Farson, Hilary Mantel, Graham Greene, Auberon Waugh, Patrick Leigh Fermor, Colin Thubron, Kenneth Tynan, William Golding, John Mortimer, Ian Fleming.
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Title: Views from Abroad : The Spectator Book of ...
Publisher: Paladin
Publication Date: 1989
Binding: Soft cover
Condition: Very Good