Detailed descriptions of people and places and observations on Soviet life and Siberia's past and present are provided as the author recounts his memorable seven-day journey by train from Moscow to the Sea of Japan...
An illustrated ebook documenting the hugely varied and always entertaining career of one of Britain’s best-loved travel writers.Born in London in 1919, Eric Newby was educated at St Paul’s School. He began his travelling career in a perambulator ...
By boat, rail, bus and bullock cart, Eric Newby takes us down the Ganges, India's holy river, with artful descriptions and thoughtful meanderings. He chronicles his 1200-mile journey with his wife, stopping along the way on sandbanks, in villages and...