Greece on My Wheels
- ISBN-10
- 1849531684
- ISBN-13
- 9781849531689
- Category
- Sports & Recreation
- Pages
- 315
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2012-05-01
- Publisher
- Summersdale Pub Limited
- Author
- Edward Enfield
Description
Fired by a long enthusiasm for all things Greek, Edward Enfield mounts his trusty Raleigh to follow in the footsteps of such notable travellers to Greece as Benjamin Disraeli, Edward Lear and the Romantic poet Lord Byron. Fortified by delicious fish dinners and quantities of draught retsina, he tackles the formidable roads of the Peloponnese before plunging, on a later trip, into the rugged heartlands of Epirus and Acarnania. His travelsare set against the great panorama of Greek history - Greeks and Romans, Turks and Albanians, Venetians, Englishmen and Germans all people his pages. An enchanting travelogue that combines wit, charm and scholarship, Greece On My Wheels is a superb example of travel writing at its unforgettablebest.
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