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About the Book

Exploring some of the bravest, most fantastic and outlandish voyages ever undertaken, Mathew Lyons considers travels by the likes of Raleigh, Marco Polo and Shackleton, as well as assessing their impact on history.

About the Author :
Mathew Lyons is a freelance journalist and writer with an MA in Renaissance Literature. He is the author of the critically acclaimed There and Back Again in Cadogan's In the Footsteps series and has written for a number of newspapers including The Times, and The Guardian.

Review :
"'A perfect stocking filler' - Time Out 'Mathew Lyons has had the cracking idea of gathering together, in the form of Chaucerian tales, an anthology of remarkable true stories of intrepid adventurers. He flings his net confidently and wide' Nicholas Shakespeare - Telegraph 'The reason we marvel so at the heroism of figures like Sir Walter Raleigh, Marco Polo and, more recently, Shackleton is that we find it hard to believe that they didn't understand how dangerous the journeys they undertook were. But of course, they had no idea, as this jocular but scholarly compendium of outlandish voyages makes horrifyingly clear... The perfect stocking-filler.' Time Out Book of the Week 5 star review 'The perfect gap year traveller gift' Observer - 'If You Only Buy One Book This Year' round-up 'The book as a whole has a kind of understated magic: a non-fiction companion to the tall tales of Italo Calvion's Marco Polo' The Guardian 'Mathew Lyons has had the cracking idea of gathering together, in the form of Chaucerian tales, and anthology of remarkable true stories of intrepid adventures' Daily Telegraph Books 'A beautiful gift for would-be explorers... each story is told exquisitely and comes back with exhaustive research' Sunday Times Travel magazine 'Obviously a labour of love by its author, Mathew Lyons, it describes a series of weird and wonderful long-distance trips by travellers through the centuries' Wendy Holden 2005 round-up in the New Statesman 'Great humour and gripping narrative' Good Book Guide 'An enjoyable, pocket-sized travelling companion providing a mix of schadenfreude and entertainment with its tales of sailors lost at sea, misguided mapmakers, heroes and drunks' Food & Travel magazine 'An intriguing and amusing book to dip into time and time again' Global Adventure magazine"


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9781860113673
  • Publisher: Cadogan Guides
  • Publisher Imprint: Cadogan Guides
  • Edition: New edition
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1860113672
  • Publisher Date: 20 Oct 2006
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Height: 185 mm
  • Width: 115 mm


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