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On the Shores of the Mediterranean (Picador Books)
by: Eric Newby

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Availability: Usually dispatched within 24 hours Binding: Paperback
EAN: 9780330288262
ISBN: 0330288261
Label: Picador
Manufacturer: Picador
Number Of Pages: 448
Publication Date: August 09, 1985
Publisher: Picador
Studio: Picador
Sales Rank: 184332

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- On the road to ruins with Eric and Wanda
Eric Newby is a serious travel essayist for serious travelers. A consummate pro. ON THE SHORES OF THE MEDITERRANEAN, originally published in 1984, is his chronicle of a resolute journey around the circumference of the Mediterranean, an arduous tour of ancient cities, ruins and near ruins that would have surely daunted a lesser man. Beginning at his home in Tuscany, he shepherds the reader along to Naples, Venice, Montenegro, Albania, Mt. Olympus (in Greece), Istanbul, Turkey's Mediterranean shore (the Troad), Jerusalem, the Pyramids, Tobruk (in Libya), Tunisia, Fez (in Morocco), Gibraltar, Seville (in Spain), and Nice (on the Côte d' Azur). After 484 pages (in paperback) of relatively small print, I collapsed exhausted.

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- An extremely interesting and occasionally amusing read.
This is the first Eric Newby book I'd ever read, but will certainly be buying more. This is the saga of his travels with his wife around the Mediterranean (as the title states !). Setting off from their small house in Tuscany they travel clockwise along the shores of the Mediterranean, through the Balkans, Greece, Israel, Egypt, Libya, Tunisia, Morocco, Gibraltar, Spain, France and back to Tuscany. He paints vivid, colourful pictures of their experiences and encounters, adding a generous background of history, both ancient and modern which serves to 'fill out' the picture even more so that the reader could almost feel that they are actually there with the Newbys. This book is a 'must' for both armchair travellers and real travellers, as although ... Read More:

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