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Companion Guide to Sicily
New Edition
Av Raleigh Trevelyan
Häftad, 2009
430 kr
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This vivid, knowledgeable and privileged guide to the riches of Sicily is vintage Companion Guide.The beautiful island of Sicily, poised between Europe and Africa, has seen many invaders, nearly all of whom have left their mark in art and architecture. It is also a land of myth and enigma, pagan …
Companion Guide to Burgundy
Av Robert Speaight, Francis Pagan m. fl.
Häftad, 1975
501 kr
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For anyone planning a visit to Burgundy this Guide is indispensable. TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENTAs elegant as it is exhaustive. The whole book has body and bouquet, [its author] is well-read, witty, relaxed and impeccably observant. GUARDIANBurgundy is one of the richest areas in France - rich in its …
Companion Guide to the Greek Islands
Av Estate of Ernle Ernle Bradford, Francis Pagan m. fl.
Häftad, 1963
501 kr
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A lively, discerning companion to the beauty, myth and history of a fascinating and lovely region."A consistently first-rate series." THE TIMESWhen Ernle Bradford's Companion Guide to the Greek Islands first appeared in 1963 it was immediately hailed as the best published guide to the diverse and …
Companion Guide to Florence
Av Eve Borsook
Häftad, 1997
501 kr
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`Richly informative, an admirable piece of historical writing - offers lively interest wherever it is opened'YORKSHIRE POSTThis is a book to read before you go, to carry with you and to re-read on your return. SPECTATORA sure and illuminating guide. SUNDAY TIMESThe city state of Florence led the …
Companion Guide to Paris
Av Anthony Glyn, Susan Glyn m. fl.
Häftad, 1985
473 kr
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`An exuberant performance' THE TIMESHighly praised on its first appearance, this new edition of the Companion Guide to Paris, fully revised by Anthony Glyn's widow, preserves his vivid evocation of Paris - its foundation and history, ancient churches, wide boulevards and narrow streets, …
Companion Guide to the Lake District
Av Frank Welsh
Häftad, 1989
473 kr
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Comprehensive guide to the Lake District, fully revised and updated.Unimprovably good JOHN LANCHESTER, LONDON REVIEW OF BOOKSThere is hardly a stone in the Lake District that Frank Welsh leaves unturned. From the particular delights of the places with which the Lake Poets are associated - Dove …
Companion Guide to Venice
Av Hugh Honour
Häftad, 1965
403 kr
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`It offers all that the visitor with a concern for beauty and for leisurely sight-seeing will require.' Financial Times`If ever a guidebook were designed to be read as literature it is Mr Honour's. Even those who know Venice welland love it well will add to their appreciation from this seemingly …
Companion Guide to Kent and Sussex [ne]
Av Keith Spence
Häftad, 2000
529 kr
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This is a thoroughly revised and updated edition of KEITH SPENCE's essential guide to two of the most beautiful - and often still unspoiled - counties in England, which on its first publication quickly established itself as the best available guide to the area.Mr Spence shows how much as yet …
Companion Guide to Berlin
Av Brian Ladd
Häftad, 2004
400 kr
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Berlin's traumatic past and vibrant present explored and explained in a guide to the culture, buildings and society of the city.Most people do not think of Berlin as a beautiful city, but it is filled with stunning sights, sounds and textures, all the more astonishing when the stories behind them …
Companion Guide to Istanbul
and around the Marmara
Av John Freely
Häftad, 2000
571 kr
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The traveller gets exactly what he needs, and in a handy format. THE TIMESThe author seems to have covered every road in the country, and has something of interest to say about virtually every site. COUNTRY LIFEIstanbul is the only city in the world that stands astride two continents, spreading …
Companion Guide to New York [n/e]
Av Michael Leapman
Häftad, 2000
354 kr
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`The perfect guide to this tremendous city' OBSERVERWritten with unfailing common sense, as well as insight and affection... the perfect guide to this tremendous city OBSERVERA true traveller's companion and friend SUNDAY TELEGRAPHFor more thanthirty years Michael Leapman has been intimately …
Companion Guide to the South of Spain
Av Alfonso Lowe, Hugh Seymour-Davies m. fl.
Häftad, 2000
323 kr
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I value the traditional virtues of the Companion Guides... actually written by an individual rather than packaged by production teams... straightforward intelligent guides to cultural sites. BOOKSELLER Andalucia in its heyday, after the invasion of the Moors in 711, was famous for its wealth and …
Companion Guide to Greece
Av Brian de Jongh, John Gandon m. fl.
Häftad, 2000
430 kr
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When Brian de Jongh's two classic Companion Guides, Southern Greece and Mainland Greece, were first published they were greeted with acclaim and immediately established themselves as essential guides. They have now been combined into this single volume, covering the whole of the Greek mainland. …
Companion Guide to London [new edn]
Av David Piper, Fionnuala Jervis m. fl.
Häftad, 2000
323 kr
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Has strong claims to be among the best guidebooks ever written. SUNDAY TELEGRAPHIt is surely remarkable to write of a guidebook that it is difficult to put down. But it is certainly true of this one. ECONOMISTCalls our attention to everything beautiful, historic or curious left in the heart of …
Companion Guide to Madrid and Central Spain
Av Alastair Boyd, Richard Oliver m. fl.
Häftad, 2001
400 kr
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The history and culture of Madrid, the cluster of historical cities at an easy distance (Segovia, Avila and Toledo) and the heartlands of Castile - the core of Spanish civilisation.This book performs with great thoroughness all the usual functions of a guidebook. But it is much more than a mere …
Companion Guide to Edinburgh and the Borders
Av A.J. Youngson
Häftad, 2001
411 kr
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Long overdue: Revised, updated, freshly-illustrated Edinburgh joins the Companion Guide series, informative on Edinburgh's - and Scotland's - past and present.Edinburgh is one of Europe's most elegant and cosmopolitan cities, the Old Town rebuilt on the medieval street plan after being burned down …
Companion Guide to St Petersburg
Av Kyril Zinovieff, Jenny Hughes
Häftad, 2003
400 kr
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The Companion Guide to St Petersburg was first published in spring 2003 to coincide with the tercentenary of the founding of the city.Most visitors to St Petersburg have heard at least four facts about it: that it is 'the Venice of the North'; that a vast number of workmen, perhaps a hundred …
Companion Guide to Wales
Av David Barnes
Häftad, 1970
546 kr
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A lively, informed, authoritative and entertaining account of what Wales has to offer native and newcomer alike. PLANETThe question posed to the author once by a prospective visitor to Wales - "What is there to see?" - is not susceptible of a short, or quick, answer. For the delights of Wales are …
Companion Guide to Rome
Av Georgina Masson, John Fort m. fl.
Häftad, 2009
403 kr
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Classic guide to Rome. 2009 edition, thoroughly revised and updated.Six years after his first, very thorough, revision, John Fort has returned to the task, so that this long-honoured guidebook, regarded by the discerning visitor, since its first publication forty years ago, as THE indispensable …
The Companion Guide to Devon
Av Shirley Toulson
Inbunden, 1996
246 kr
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One of the classic "Companion Guides", this volume explores the English county of Devon. Each book in the series aims to provide a comprehensive travel companion in the person of the author, who knows intimately the places and people of which he or she writes.
Companion Guide to Ireland
Av Brendan Lehane
Häftad, 2001
288 kr
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As well as being a practical guide it's an exhilarating read... It is a delightful thing: anybody contemplaing crossing to Ireland for pleasure shouldn't think of going without consulting it. OBSERVER