The Golden Step (häftad)
Fler böcker inom
Format
Häftad (Paperback / softback)
Språk
Engelska
Antal sidor
176
Utgivningsdatum
2012-03-22
Förlag
The Armchair Traveller at the BookHaus
Illustrationer
1 map
Dimensioner
196 x 127 x 20 mm
Vikt
227 g
Antal komponenter
1
ISBN
9781907973345

Du kanske gillar

The Golden Step (häftad)

The Golden Step

A Walk Through the Heart of Crete

av Christopher Somerville
(1 röst)  |  Läs 1 recension
Häftad Engelska, 2012-03-22
128
Köp
Spara som favorit
Skickas inom 5-8 vardagar.
Gratis frakt inom Sverige över 159 kr för privatpersoner.
Finns även som
Visa alla 1 format & utgåvor
For Somerville this was a kind of pilgrimage, a journey unlike any he had undertaken in 20 years of travel-writing. It was an expedition where he traded the usual comforts and certainties for a real physical and mental challenge, with no mobile phone or other technological aids. The only plan for his journey was to begin in the East at Easter and finish at Whitsun in the extreme West, at the Monastery of the Golden Step, whose gold step, legend says, can only be seen by those who have purged themselves into purity. During his 300-mile walk, he tackled four mountain ranges, high slopes and the numerous gorges of the West. Speaking only basic Greek and trying to follow a poorly way-marked path, he had to rely on his own instincts when climbing mountain passes and crossing high plateaux, farming and shepherding country, where villages are scarce and each night's accommodation was uncertain. He saw a Crete few ever encounter.
Visa hela texten

Passar bra ihop

  1. The Golden Step
  2. +
  3. Ships Of Heaven

De som köpt den här boken har ofta också köpt Ships Of Heaven av Christopher Somerville (inbunden).

Köp båda 2 för 397 kr

Kundrecensioner

Det finns 1 recension av The Golden Step. Har du också läst boken? Sätt ditt betyg »
  1. För varje Kretavän
    Hjalmar Dahm, 10 mars 2017

    En fin berättelse om en vandring från östra till västra Kreta där strapatser blandas med möten och öns rika historia. Synnerligen fängslande.

    Tyckte du att den här recensionen var till hjälp?

    Ja Nej Anmäl
Visa alla 1 recensioner

Fler böcker av Christopher Somerville

Visa alla böcker av Christopher Somerville »

Övrig information

Christopher Somerville is a writer, journalist and TV presenter. He was Walking Correspondent of The Daily Telegraph for 15 years. He is the author of Britain and Ireland's Best Wild Places (Penguin), Coast (BBC Books), Somerville's 100 Best Walks (Armchair Traveller), Never Eat Shredded Wheat: The Geography We've Lost and How to Find it Again (Hodder & Stoughton) and Walking in Ireland: 50 Walks Through the Heart and Soul of Ireland (Ebury).