Travel writing

Travelling from Madrid to The Valley of the Fallen, through Castile and Le n and across the fiercely contested region of Catalonia, Christopher Finnigan meets a remarkable cast of characters behind some of the biggest political events Spain has witnessed in decades.

Travelling from Madrid to The Valley of the Fallen, through Castile and Le n and across the fiercely contested region of Catalonia, Christopher Finnigan meets a remarkable cast of characters behind some of the biggest political events Spain has witnessed in decades.

From the 16th century, the mines of Potos , perched high in the Andes, bankrolled the Spanish empire.

From the 16th century, the mines of Potos , perched high in the Andes, bankrolled the Spanish empire.

'Dripping with delicious detail' - Aditya ChakraborttyTaking the reader on a journey through North East Scotland, Merseyside, South Wales, the Thames Estuary and London, this is the story of Britain s oil-soaked past, present and future.

'Dripping with delicious detail' - Aditya ChakraborttyTaking the reader on a journey through North East Scotland, Merseyside, South Wales, the Thames Estuary and London, this is the story of Britain s oil-soaked past, present and future.

Johann Georg von Hahn - a nineteenth-century Austrian diplomat and explorer - is generally considered to be the founder of Albanian Studies as a scholarly discipline.

Lady Anne Blunt was a woman ahead of her time.

With fascinating extracts from his own writings, this book reveals the captivating travels and adventures of Arthur Conan Doyle - the creator of Sherlock Holmes.

In the summer of 1974, against the backdrop of the Lebanese Civil War, ceramics expert and Morgan sports car enthusiast John Carswell set off with his young family from their home in Beirut on an expedition across Asia and the Middle East.

Morocco has long been a mythic land, firmly rooted in the European colonial imagination.

A literary guide to one of the most fascinating countries in the world.

In this first guide to Tangier's extraordinary cultural history , former BBC North Africa correspondent Richard Hamilton explores the city to find out what has inspired so many international writers, artists and musicians.

SHORTLISTED FOR THE ADVENTURE TRAVEL BOOK OF THE YEAR AT THE EDWARD STANFORD TRAVEL WRITING AWARDS.

In 1926 Barry Dierks, a young American architect, arrived in Paris and fell in love with France.

An exploration of Sardinia's incredibly rich history and culture, which stretches back to the Neolithic period.

With fascinating extracts from his own writings, this book reveals the captivating travels and adventures of Arthur Conan Doyle - the creator of Sherlock Holmes.

A look into the tantalising secrets of Florence's Palazzo Rucellai.

This is the story of a grandmother, and what happened to her and to Eastern Europe in World War II.

It has long been assumed that no Armenian presence remained in eastern Turkey after the 1915 massacres.

In 1926 Barry Dierks, a young American architect, arrived in Paris and fell in love with France.

'If in the library of your house you do not have the works of the ancient Greek writers then you have a house with no light' -George Bernard ShawThere is so much in the modern world which has its origins in Greece, most notably language and literature.

SHORTLISTED FOR THE ADVENTURE TRAVEL BOOK OF THE YEAR AT THE EDWARD STANFORD TRAVEL WRITING AWARDS.

'Sometimes it feels as though the whole planet has been so polluted and ravaged that there are no Edens left, but they are there to be found by those who step off the beaten track.

In a mist-shrouded valley on China's invisible border with Tibet is a place known as the 'Kingdom of Women', where a small tribe called the Mosuo lives in a cluster of villages that have changed little in centuries.

Even before the advent of mass tourism, Verona was a popular destination for travellers, including those undertaking the popular 'Grand Tour' across Europe.

In the summer of 1974, against the backdrop of the Lebanese Civil War, ceramics expert and Morgan sports car enthusiast John Carswell set off with his young family from their home in Beirut on an expedition across Asia and the Middle East.

New York is often described as the greatest city in the world.

Morocco has long been a mythic land, firmly rooted in the European colonial imagination.

Since the days of conquistador Hern n Cort s, rumours have circulated about a lost city of immense wealth hidden deep in the Honduran interior.

Lonely Planet: The world's leading travel guide publisher A collection of great travel writing by authors from around the globe, including original stories set in Scotland, Thailand, Malaysia, Moldova, Tanzania, Austria and beyond, edited by long-term Lonely Planet collaborator Don George.

An idiosyncratic, richly illustrated guide to Britain's rivers, seas and shores, for everyone who loves the water and the natural world - a Norwegian Wood for Britain's watersThis is a book for those who want to understand better how the waters surrounding us affect our daily lives, how it imperceptibly but crucially shapes our actions, and has shaped our landscape for millenia.

In The Book of Tides, William Thomson took the reader on a mesmerising journey round the coast of Britain.

Literary tourism is a nascent field in tourism studies, yet tourists often travel in the footsteps of well-known authors and stories.

Literary tourism is a nascent field in tourism studies, yet tourists often travel in the footsteps of well-known authors and stories.

On a September morning, Bishop Stephen Cottrell said mass in his chapel, kissed his wife goodbye, stepped out of his front door and walked two miles to the nearest station.

A New Statesman Book of the Year London.

Meet pilgrims and Indians, poets and nuns, teachers, priests, veterans of the war in the South Atlantic, gold diggers, coal miners and ranchers, those bereaved by the Dirty War and apologists for it, and those nostalgic for the time when theirs was one of the world's richest countries or Evita held half the nation spellbound.

A light-hearted look at life in a sleepy Italian village which slowly awakes to the twenty-first century.

John Muir was born in Scotland on April 21st, 1838.

John Muir was born in Scotland on April 21st, 1838.

John Muir was born in Scotland on April 21st, 1838.

John Muir was born in Scotland on April 21st, 1838.

John Muir was born in Scotland on April 21st, 1838.

Henry James was born on 15 April 1843 and is regarded as one of the great literary figures of 19th Century writing.

Samuel Langhorne Clemens was born in 1835 and is far better known by his pen name; Mark Twain.

Samuel Langhorne Clemens was born in 1835 and is far better known by his pen name; Mark Twain.

Samuel Langhorne Clemens was born in 1835 and is far better known by his pen name; Mark Twain.

Samuel Langhorne Clemens was born in 1835 and is far better known by his pen name; Mark Twain.

Samuel Langhorne Clemens was born in 1835 and is far better known by his pen name; Mark Twain.