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Her epic journey began during the coldest winter in living memory, and took her through Europe, Persia (Iran), Afghanistan, over the Himalayas to Pakistan and into India. A woman travelling alone in these countries was an unusual focus of interest and, even when the weather improved, there were enough difficulties and dangers to satisfy the most dedicated traveller. But although, in a world of vanishing tracks and political chaos, the solitary cyclist was grateful for the revolver in her saddle bag, her journey was enriched by acts of unexpected kindness. "Few people can have had a better chance of understanding Asian people than Dervla Murphy" DAILY TELEGRAPH "This book has the charm of spontaneity and the ring of absolute truth" IRISH TIMES "A distinctive and highly entertaining account of the tribulations encountered and the beauty along the way ... ''Full Tilt'' richly deserves a place on many bookshelves" TIMES EDUCATIONAL SUPPLEMENT "Miss Murphy proves herself a true traveller ... who engages sympathy from the start by her qualities of tact, charity and courage" SPECTATOR "Warmly described, and with a lack of self-regard that immediately endears her to the reader" SUNDAY TIMES
