The Lost Art of Travel - Rilegato

Darkwood, Vic

Rilegato

ISBN 10: 0719560659 ISBN 13: 9780719560651

Casa editrice: John Murray Publishers Ltd, 2006

Riassunto

'Do not dread an occasional night in the open when you are benighted and have no camp. There are few beds more comfortable than a dry ditch in England in June' Frank Tatchell, Vicar of Midhurst, 1923 'Every lady should, to my mind, know how to use a revolver. She may at any time be in China or some other country where there are savage natives' Walter Winans, 1904 Fully illustrated with over 150 drawings and woodcuts, "The Lost Art of Travel" is a hilarious antidote to the depressingly anodyne and hectic modern era of travel writing. Featuring chapters on Clothing, Food, Accommodation, Modes of Conveyance, Personal Defence and Holiday Pursuits, among others, it is sure to instil in all who read it a wanderlust satiated only by prising oneself from one's armchair, gathering up portmanteau and umbrella, donning a favourite tweed hunting jacket and setting off on a sterling voyage of discovery.

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Recensione

'Vic Darkwood's exhaustive research has uncovered what many of you might already have suspected; that the Victorian 'gent' was a pompous lunatic in charge of an extensive vocabulary. He is here in all his frippery. This is a book best read in a loud, overbearing voice while twirling a fake moustache, but you will be too busy laughing to do anything like this' (Graham Linehan)

'Darkwood's collection of snippets from travel handbooks from the 19th and early 20th century are as fun as they are revelatory about how travel has changed' (Clover Stroud, Sunday Telegraph)

'Welcome to the cult of couth' (Independent)

'Let Darkwood's rallying cry - "Civility, Poetry, Martini" - ring in smoking rooms and gentlemen's bedchambers everywhere' (ES Magazine)

A very funny guide (Publishing News)

'A sure-fire hit' (Bookseller)

'When the oil has run out and air travel is nothing by a memory, the advice in The Lost Art of Travel will come into its own again' (Celia Brayfield, The Times)

'A perfect and hilarious Christmas triviality' (Good Book Guide)

'An amusing antidote to anodyne travel writing' (Traveller: review, Winter issue)

'A wonderfully off the wall collection of Victorian 'wisdom' on the subject of travel and exploration . . . well researched and written, and with something to say on every area of travel, this will have you reaching for your tweed plus fours before you know it' (Adventure Travel Magazine: review, Jan/Feb issue)

Descrizione del libro

'At last, a sensible alternative to the usual travel guides with all their sordid advice. An essential companion to any serious (English) traveller' Jack Dee

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• Editore: John Murray Publishers Ltd
• Data di pubblicazione: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0719560659
• ISBN 13: 9780719560651
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 256