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New! Afghan Expedition, by James Atkinson. A
superb artist and famous scholar who had translated Persia’s national epic,
this renaissance man had been designated the Superintending Surgeon of a
massive British invasion force resolved to place a sympathetic ruler on the
Afghan throne in 1839. The ill-fated British force fought its way through
the Bolan Pass, swept through Kandahar and conquered Kabul. Soon afterwards
Atkinson was released from duty, thereby escaping the catastrophe which
awaited his comrades. During the subsequent rebellion the British political
agent was beheaded and an estimated 16,000 British soldiers and their
dependents were slaughtered in a week by the vengeful Afghans.
This beautifully
illustrated edition of Atkinson’s inclusive work is released in the hope
that its timely appearance will help bring about a deeper understanding
between England and Afghanistan. For more information, please
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| Anastasius, by Thomas
Hope. Here is the
book which took the world by storm, and then was lost. In 1817 Thomas Hope
began work on a book that was destined to astonish the West by lifting the
curtain of ignorance which had encouraged enmity against the East. Hope's
hero Anastasius was fearless, curious, cunning, ruthless, brave, and above
all, sexy. This remarkable new edition features all three
volumes together for the first time. Plus, in a series of commissioned
Appendices, an international team of academic experts have examined Hope's
life, political impact and artistic legacy, the latter being a
ground-breaking investigation of the famous portrait of the author depicted
as a noble of the Ottoman Empire. In accordance with its academic mission,
the royalties of this new edition are being donated to the National Portrait
Gallery. Please
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Spirit of the Vikings, by David Grant.
This is a kayaking book with a difference. The
inspiration for the journey, from Sweden to the Black Sea, via the Baltic
and rivers of eastern Europe, came ‘somewhere in Kazakhstan’ when David
Grant, while travelling with his wife and children in a horse-drawn caravan,
was reading a translation of the fictitious Viking saga Röde Orm, or Red
Serpent. A life-long interest in things Viking, coupled with a wish to
experience a solo expedition on a shoe-string budget, dictated that the
author’s “longship” should actually be a kayak. The route would follow
approximately that of Röde Orm’s vessel but continue on to the Black Sea and
possibly further.
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Coming soon!
On Two Fronts,
by Antoinette Moat.
Arthur
Galletti was a man in many respects representative of his time, and so it is
more remarkable that the book is ablaze with travel, romance and danger.
Born in India in 1907, raised in Italy and educated in England, Galletti had
by 1927 become a British Army officer whose dashing good looks would have
allowed him to star alongside Cary Grant in a Gunga Din movie,
but he
was killed in action in 1943. Still deeply in love, he left behind
an anguished wife, a son, and a small daughter who was unable to comprehend
how her father died fighting in North Africa.
On Two
Fronts
is two
people’s heart-breaking story – but it is also a detailed commentary on the
times and events they lived through.
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Glimpses of Life in America.
Syed Arif Hussaini, born in Pakistan and now living in
California, has cast a keen eye over his adopted country and come away with
a collection of essays containing a series of sharp observations.
Thanks to his university education in India and Canada, as well as the many
years he spent residing in a wide variety of countries as a representative
of the Pakistani government, Hussaini is a tremendously gifted witness to
outside events. Nor are his acute powers of the pen restricted to political
matters, for he turns his bemused gaze on the American obsession with
automobiles and contemplates their allegiance to shopping malls.
Additionally, he comments on their sexual habits, bemoans their airports,
and ponders the American search for instant gratification. This is
essential reading for anyone contemplating moving to the United States!
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The Golden Oriole.
Raleigh Trevelyan, scion of the famous clan of Macaulay and
Trevelyan historians, was born in the world of the Raj. Drawing on
journeys in search of his family's long Anglo-Indian past and on
the sparkling reminiscences and diaries of the family and their friends
(such as E. M. Forster), the author brilliantly evokes the
entire sweep of the vanished British empire in India in all its sadness and
glory, its grief and triumph.
"A definitive summing
up of Anglo-India's ruling attitudes ... In the long line of Anglo-Indian
memoirs, it is certainly one of the best - one of the very few that will
survive not just as a period piece but as literature." Jan Morris, The New York Times Book Review.
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Four George Borrow books back in print!
Borrow was one of the mid-nineteenth
century’s most influential travel writers. A legendary traveller, a keen
cultural observer and a phenomenal linguist, Borrow wrote four books about his
journeys in Europe, Russia and North Africa which are still considered travel
writing classics. Classic Travel Books is
proud to have
republished
Borrow’s most famous works including
The Bible in Spain,
Lavengro,
The Romany Rye
and Wild Wales.
In keeping with our policy to assist those academic institutions which have
helped to preserve the often-endangered literary efforts of writers like Borrow,
CTB has offered to present a portion of the royalties from the republication of
the Borrow books to the George Borrow Society.
These books are part of "The Classic 'John Murray' Travel
Collection." Please
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