The Bridge Between Worlds - A Brief History of Connection

In a world preoccupied by borders, bridges celebrate the possibility of connection Dr Gavin Francis crosses bridges both actual and metaphorical on a journey through six continents, twenty countries and four decades of travel, exploring answers to questions of peace and conflict, connection and community. From Rome''s Ponte Sant''Angelo to Brooklyn, Victoria Falls to London, Singapore to Siberia, Francis''s tour of bridges around the world demonstrates what the building of bridges has meant to our civilisation, how crossings can enrich our lives, and the price we pay when we tear them down.

About the author

Gavin Francis is an award-winning writer and GP. He is the author of four books of non-fiction, including Adventures in Human Being, which was a Sunday Times bestseller and won the Saltire Scottish Non-Fiction Book of the Year Award, and Empire Antarctica, which won Scottish Book of the Year in the SMIT Awards and was shortlisted for both the Ondaatje and Costa Prizes. He has written for the Guardian, The Times, the New York Review of Books and the London Review of Books. His work is published in twenty languages. He lives in Edinburgh, Scotland.

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Product details

• Authors: Gavin Francis
• Assisted by: Shehadeh Raja (Introduction)
• Publisher: Canongate Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 01.09.2025
• EAN: 9781837260812
• ISBN: 978-1-83726-081-2
• No. of pages: 288
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 18 mm
• Subjects: Travel > Travelogues, traveller's tales > World, Arctic, Antarctic; TRAVEL / Essays & Travelogues, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Civil / Bridges, Travel writing, Bridges