Full Tilt: Ireland To India With A Bicycle
Condition: SECONDHAND
This is a secondhand book. The jacket image is a photograph of the exact copy we have in stock. This image shows the condition of this book. Further condition remarks are below.
Edition: 2nd pr.,
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Wear and tear with damage
Pages: Tanning and foxing
In the winter of 1963, a young Irish woman named Dervla Murphy mounted a bicycle she called Rozinante and set off alone from Dunkirk, pedalling eastward through snow-blanketed Europe, across the sun-scorched plains of Persia and Afghanistan, over the punishing passes of the Hindu Kush, and finally into the teeming heart of India — a journey of ten thousand miles powered by sheer will and an unshakeable childhood dream. Full Tilt is the electrifying firsthand account of that odyssey, chronicling encounters with bandits, blizzards, wolves, and the extraordinary warmth of strangers across a dozen cultures, all rendered with Murphy's signature combination of wit, pragmatism, and disarming candour. Beyond its surface thrills, the book stands as a landmark of twentieth-century travel writing — a genre-defining work that dismantled the assumption that solo long-distance adventure was the exclusive domain of men. Murphy's prose is spare yet vivid, her observations sharp with the eye of an anthropologist and the heart of a poet, capturing a pre-globalised world already on the cusp of profound change. Published by the venerable John Murray imprint, Full Tilt launched one of the most distinguished careers in travel literature, leaving the reader with one burning question: where on earth could she possibly go next?
Author: Dervla Murphy
Format: Hardback
Published: 1965, John Murray
Genre: Travel & exploration
Edition: 2nd pr.,
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Wear and tear with damage
Pages: Tanning and foxing
In the winter of 1963, a young Irish woman named Dervla Murphy mounted a bicycle she called Rozinante and set off alone from Dunkirk, pedalling eastward through snow-blanketed Europe, across the sun-scorched plains of Persia and Afghanistan, over the punishing passes of the Hindu Kush, and finally into the teeming heart of India — a journey of ten thousand miles powered by sheer will and an unshakeable childhood dream. Full Tilt is the electrifying firsthand account of that odyssey, chronicling encounters with bandits, blizzards, wolves, and the extraordinary warmth of strangers across a dozen cultures, all rendered with Murphy's signature combination of wit, pragmatism, and disarming candour. Beyond its surface thrills, the book stands as a landmark of twentieth-century travel writing — a genre-defining work that dismantled the assumption that solo long-distance adventure was the exclusive domain of men. Murphy's prose is spare yet vivid, her observations sharp with the eye of an anthropologist and the heart of a poet, capturing a pre-globalised world already on the cusp of profound change. Published by the venerable John Murray imprint, Full Tilt launched one of the most distinguished careers in travel literature, leaving the reader with one burning question: where on earth could she possibly go next?