Synopses & Reviews
Sip martinis with Noel Coward and Ian Fleming on a Jamaican beach. Fish for marlin with Ernest Hemingway in Cuba. Ride a streetcar through New Orlean's French Quarter with Tennessee Williams. Surf Australia's king-size waves with Bruce Chatwin. Hang on tight on a camel with Lawrence of Arabia in Jordan. Climb a Swiss Alp with Mary Shelley, Frankenstein's mother. Search for magic and mystery in Ireland with W.B. Yeats.
Whether you're an armchair traveler or a seasoned globetrotter, this unique tour through the lives of some of the world's most noteworthy writers will enchant you and provide practical information and tips with a literary spin on many of the most exotic and must-see destinations on the planet.
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"...some of the best travel writing in the world..." Christopher Ondaatje
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"Literary Trips is revealing and inspirational not just about the places it covers, but about those men and women who found their muse in those locations, and who in turn offered us an ouvre in which a sense of place, or at least its resonance, is as strong a character as any other who inhabits their works. While there have been other books about the (literal) literary landscape, few if any have managed to fold in the how-and-where nuts and bolts of a guidebook in the way that this one has." Mark Orwoll, editor, Travel & Leisure
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"Slices of on-the-road literary history and detail-rich travel romps with famous writers. I learned a lot." Shelia F. Buckmaster, senior editor, National Geographic Traveler
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"Literary Trips takes you on an adventure in magnificence and style. It provides explorations for the spellbound traveler and a philosophy of literature born out of the delight of discovering remote places." Vanessa Berkling, editor in chief, Millionaire Magazine