Departures and Arrivals

Informationen zum Autor Eric Newby was born in London in 1919. During World War II, he served in the Special Boat Section and was captured. He married the girl who helped him to escape, and for the next 50 years she was at his side on many adventures. After the war, he worked in the fashion business and book publishing but travelled on a grand scale, sometimes as the Travel Editor for the Observer. He was made CBE and awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award of the British Guild of Travel Writers. He died in 2006. Klappentext 'Whatever else we remember of our travels, we remember our departures and arrivals. Often they are the most enduring of all our memories of them.' From one of Britain's best-loved travel writers comes a fascinating collection of incredible highlights from an eventful life. Zusammenfassung 'Whatever else we remember of our travels! we remember our departures and arrivals. Often they are the most enduring of all our memories of them.' From one of Britain's best-loved travel writers comes a fascinating collection of incredible highlights from an eventful life.

Product details

• Authors: Eric Newby
• Publisher: Harper Collins Uk
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 28.10.2010
• EAN: 9780007413539
• ISBN: 978-0-00-741353-9
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 16 mm
• Subjects: Travel > Travelogues, traveller's tales; TRAVEL / Essays & Travelogues, TRAVEL / Pictorials, TRAVEL / Special Interest / Adventure, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Adventurers & Explorers, Memoirs, HUMOR / Topic / Travel, Expeditions: popular accounts, Travel writing, Geographical discovery & exploration, Travel and holiday guides, True stories of discovery, Classic Travel Writing, Autobiography: adventurers & explorers, hindu kush;london;travel;memoir