George Newby was een Engelse auteur van reisliteratuur, bekend om zijn avontuurlijke geest en diepe fascinatie voor het verkennen van de wereld. Zijn schrijven duikt vaak in thema's als ontsnapping, het nastreven van vrijheid en de rauwe schoonheid van verre oorden. Hij transformeerde zijn ervaringen tijdens zeilreizen over de hele wereld in boeiende verhalen die lezers meenemen aan boord van zeilschepen en naar exotische locaties. Newby's stijl is direct en levendig, vol scherpe observaties van het dagelijks leven op zee en aan wal.
Slowly Down the Ganges' is seen as a vintage Newby masterpiece, alongside A Short Walk in the Hindu Kush' and `Love and War in the Apennines'. Told with Newby's self-deprecating humour and wry attention to detail, this is a classic of the genre and a window into an enchanting piece of history.
A collection of writing from Britain's best-loved travel writer, `A Merry Dance around the World' is the culmination of a lifetime of adventure.
This book is a lush and beautiful memoir of a very special house and a superb recreation of a bygone era.
'You've had some pretty crazy ideas in your life, Newby, but this is the craziest.' Grandmother Wanda Newby was exasperated after continuous rain, snow, and gales that knocked from her bike. Twice.
A chronicle of travels, some homely some exotic, from the man who can make a schoolboy holiday in Swanage as colourful as a walk in the Hindu Kush.
Veteran travel writer Eric Newby has a massive following and is cherished as the forefather of the modern comic travel book. However, less known are his adventures during the years he spent as an apprentice and commercial buyer in the improbable trade of women's fashion.
'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.
Whatever else he was doing, Eric Newby has always travelled on a grand scale, whether under his own steam or as Travel Editor of the "Observer". In all of his adventures his camera has never been far from his side, and the 250 photographs reproduced in this volume represent some of his finest work
