Classic Travel Writing
BIC code: WTLC
See also: Travel Writing
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£44.99An Account Of Corsica, The Journal Of A Tour To That Island; And Memoirs Of Pascal Paoli - - Hardback
This first complete reprint of Boswell's book on Corsica since the 18th century contains both parts of the original text, comprehensive annotation, textual apparatus, & a critical introduction. -
£12.99The Border Line - - Hardback
The border area between England and Scotland has been a highly disputed territory. Eric Robson walks the modern border line, starting at the Solway Firth, covering over 100 miles to Berwick on Tweed, describing points of interest and recounting episodes from the region's history. -
£14.99Cruise Of The Betsey, Or, A Summer Ramble Among The Fossiliferous Deposits Of The Hebrides - - Paperback
Hugh Miller was a Scot who helped to transform geology from an unchristian science into a favourite Victorian pastime. Cruise of the Betsey is a collection of Miller's 1857 notes recording his rambles around Scotland. -
£9.99A Description Of The Western Islands Of Scotland Ca 1695 - - Paperback
Martin Martin's narrative of his journey around the Western Isles includes information on custom, tradition and life, also an account of St Kilda, published in 1697. This volume also contains Sir Donald Monro's account of his visit to the Isles. -
£12.99Downhill All The Way: Walking With Donkeys On The Stevenson Trail - - Hardback
In 1878, Robert Louis Stevenson spent 12 days with a donkey walking in the Cévennes in the Massif Central region of France. The authors recreated this adventure, and here present a vivid account of their travels - the ups and downs of learning the skills of handling donkeys, getting lost, and encountering unusual people. -
£10.00Dreams Of Elsewhere: The Selected Travel Writings Of Robert Louis Stevenson - - Paperback
Best known for his fiction, Scottish writer Robert Louis Stevenson was also an essayist, journalist, poet and travel writer. This compilation draws together a selection of his travel writings, shadowing his life as his ailing health took him around the world to Samoa, the place of his death. -
£14.99The Hebridean Traveller - - Paperback
This imaginative book explores the various attitudes to the Highlands and Islands of Scotland through the writings of those who travelled there over the centuries. Themes covered include: perceptions of the Highlands, the historian's agenda, political, military and diplomatic views, the pre- and post-Reformation Church and much more. -
£40.00Highland Journeys - - Paperback
Hogg left a written record of three of his many journeys to the Highlands, those of 1802, 1803, and 1804. In 'Highland Journeys' he offers a thoughtful and deeply-felt response to the Highland clearances. -
£8.99In Search Of Scotland - - Paperback
In this text the author goes In Search of Scotland, a land to which he is a complete stranger. Amongst many entertaining encounters, he describes a sincere Scottish breakfast served beneath a portrait of Queen Victoria. -
£10.99In The South Seas - - Paperback
Originally written as a series of sketches for an American magazine, this is Stevenson's record of the first year he and his family spent travelling around the Marquesas, the Paumotus and the Gilbers.