The Best Travel Writing

Rasselas is a tale of the royal princes of Abyssinia, who were condemned to live on the prison-mountain of Wehni until they died or the order of succession called them...

The book titled The Book of London by the author Michael Leapman. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

The book titled Palazzi of Tuscany by the author Massimo Listri. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

The Invention of Paris is a tour through the streets and history of the French capital under the guidance of radical Parisian author and publisher Eric Hazan. Hazan reveals a...

Florence has for centuries attracted writers, bewitched by the beauty of its surroundings, the quality of its light, and the treasures it houses in its palaces, churches and museums. These...

The book titled London Street Names by the author Gillian Bebbington. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

The book titled Country London by the author John Talbot White. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

A travel book which aims both to convey what it is like to live in Tuscany from the viewpoint of an Englishman who has made it his home for more...

In 1947 a young american woman named Eleanor Clark went to Rome on a Guggenheim fellowship to write a novel. But Rome had its way with her, the novel was...

French Essence is a celebration of life in Provence, one of the most charming regions of France. Vicki Archer reveals the underpinnings of that famous French ambience and sense of...

On the first morning of Rome's Covid-19 lockdown Matthew Kneale felt an urge to connect with friends and acquaintances and began writing an email, describing where he was, what was...

This book reveals some of the unexpected and truly bizarre features of England's churches. From Avon to Yorkshire, Cumbria to Kent, quirky stories are related and photographs of the churches...

Dan Cruickshank's quest is to tell the story of civilisation through the greatest of man's achievements. It will also be the story of his travels, and who and what he...

Spain is a land of arid mountains and plains of red earth, of fertile farmland, shaded avenues and citrus groves. Charlie Waite has captured the essence and variety of Spain...

Longlisted for the 2014 Thwaites Wainwright Prize What is the shape of Britain? The country's outline, looking a little like a wingless dragon, is instantly recognisable on any map or...

The book titled Gloucestershire: Pt. 2: The Vale and the Forest of Dean by the author David Verey. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about...

Panorama of the Thames reproduces much of bookseller Samuel Leigh's rare, hand-coloured, 60-foot panorama of both banks of the Thames between Westminster and Richmond, as well as his complete panorama...

The Photographic Memories series presents ov er 100 photographs of York and its surrounding areas, carefu lly selected to suit the tourist, local historian or enthusi ast of how things...

Mediterranea is a delicious deep-dive into the kitchens of the Med's most qualified cooks: its grandmothers. A colourful, sensory journey through the coastal region, this book is a celebration of...

Dalmatia , by Ino Kuvacic, brings us over 100 authentic Croatian dishes. At its heart, Dalmatian cuisine is frugal, honest and rustic, with distinctive flavours, including silver beet, varenik (grape...

Sharp, funny and unflinchingly honest, Jayne Tuttle's story lifts you off the page and into a Paris far beyond the postcards. This new edition of Paris or Die is a...

Silo Art will take you on a picturesque journey from epic painted silos to grand murals that transform towns and outdoor art festivals. In this richly illustrated coffee table book,...

Most of us get the wild partying years out of our system before settling down to raise a family. Journalist Nancy Cawley did it all in reverse. After leaving her...

Alistair McAlpine has conducted a lifelong love affair with Australia. He's bought large chunks of it, developed some and turned others into a zoo and nature parks, and has travelled...

A compelling journey through the paradoxes, myths and realities of India, by 'one of the country's most perceptive writers.' (Guardian) In the 21st century every sixth human being will be...

Going to Extremes is a four-part series in which writer, presenter and Oxford geography don Nick Middleton visits the world's hottest, coldest, wettest and driest inhabited places. He will visit...

Inca-Kola is the funny, absorbing account of Matthew Parris s fourth trip to Peru, on a bizarre holiday which takes him among bandits, prostitutes, peasants and riots. He and his...

The Great North Road is Britain's Route 66 - we've just forgotten how to sing its praises In 1921, Britain's most illustrious highway, the Great North Road, ceased to exist...

In "Eagle Dreams", Bodio gives life to the people, landscapes and animals of Mongolia that have become part of his soul.

Greenwald's story of his obsessive search for the perfect Buddha statue. His souvenir-hunting turns into an ironic metaphor for the clash between spiritual riches and material greed. Politics, religion and...

The forty-five tales in Man Against Nature cover an extraordinary range of time and terrain.

These two classic travel works by Charmian Clift describing the bohemian life that she and her husband, writer George Johnston, and their family, led in Greece in the 1950's are...

From Kauia to Key West, Alaska's tundra to the Rio Grande, a rollicking year-long search for American butterflies With a love for adventure as great as his lifelong fascination with...

On a vast plateau high in the Bolivian Andes live the "Sons of the Moon", the Aymara. This great pre-Columbian empire, the first in South America, was a peaceful nation...

While walking in South-west France, cook and journalist Orlando Murrin dreamed up the adventure of a lifetime: why not wave goodbye to the rat race and come to live in...

These places are among the most beautiful on earth - the deserts of the Middle East, the Dead Sea coast, the ancient splendor of Luxor, the pyramids at Giza, and...

Table Mountain National park extends from Cape Town's trademark table-top mountain all the way to Cape Point, where craggy cliffs drop spectacularly into a boiling sea. The Park's slogan, 'accessible...

Author of the highly successful The Most Beautiful Villages of Tuscany, James Bentley, along with photographer Alex Ramsay, has now turned his attention to more extensive, though equally beautiful, Tuscan...