Classic Travel Writing

In the Footsteps of a Roman Legion  - Walking the Via Egnatia (2021) On a blistering September morning in 2016, intrepid friends in their sixties ...

Treading Ancient Trails Seeking solace after the death of her husband, Kim Letson discovers a passion for long- distance walking. Through historic...

Journeying at Home and Away  Pomegranates at 4800 Metres is a vibrant tapestry woven with themes of love, courage and generosity. Kim Letsons husb...

A Waterstones Travel Book of the Year 2023 A funny, warm and timely meditation on identity and belonging, following the scen...

Lost and Found in China takes you on a journey to China but to destinations that are very much off the beaten track. They include Tibet and the sta...

Lady Anne Blunt was a woman ahead of her time. After marrying the poet Wilfrid Scawen Blunt in 1869, the pair travelled extensively in the Middle E...

Searching for My Shangri La is the authors second of book on the region, after Midlife Meanderings in SE Asia. It is about continuing an independen...

A first person account of time spent with the Empress Dowager when commissioned to paint her portrait for the St. Louis Exposition in 1903. Part of...

Take a literary stroll through the streets of Paris, visit its world-famous monuments, delve into its history and wander amongst its poets and arti...

The ultimate travel companion for voracious voyagers.Do you yearn for a life off the beaten track? Brought to you by Wanderlust, the original trave...

INTRODUCED BY JAN MORRIS'[This] gloriously ornate account of that epic journey is a classic' ROBERT MACFARLANE'The feeling of being lost in time an...

A Waterstones Travel Book of the Year 2023 A funny, warm and timely meditation on identity and belonging, following the scen...

Driven by the promise of prosperity and opportunity on the frontier, thousands of men and women traveled west in the mid-1800s to forge a new life....

'A roaring tale ... remains as vivid and exciting today as it was on publication in 1697' GuardianThe pirate and adventurer William Dampier circumn...