Eric Newby

Broschiertes Buch

What the Traveller Saw

Beschreibung

This outstanding collection of pieces, illustrated with his own superb photographs, is a unique record of Newby's travels all over the globe - and a lasting tribute to lost and fading worlds.

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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: HarperCollins Publishers
• Seitenzahl: 260
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Juli 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 203mm x 127mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 236g
• ISBN-13: 9780007292035
• ISBN-10: 0007292031
• Artikelnr.: 25076767