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Rory Stewart - Marches, Häftad

Häftad, Engelska, 2017

Marches

Border walks with my father

Av Rory Stewart

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THE NO. 1 BEST-SELLING AUTHOR OF POLITICS ON THE EDGECombining memoir, history and travel writing, a moving exploration of landscape, identity and the love between a father and son.Rory Stewart and his father set out on their final walk together along the border between England and Scotland.On their 600-mile thirty-day journey, the pair relive Scottish dances, talk about Burmese honey bears and the loss of human presence in the countryside around them. Their odyssey develops into story of nationhood and landscape, and an exuberant encounter between father and son. Written with pathos and wit, Stewart’s memoir is a moving, honest and loving portrait of his father and homeland.‘Travel writing at its best’ Observer ‘Beautifully written… a haunting reflection of identity and our relationships with the people and places we love’ Daily Mail Please note: The book cover received may differ from the cover displayed here.
Produktinformation
  • Utgivningsdatum: 2017-09-21
  • Mått: 146 x 199 x 24 mm
  • Vikt: 296 g
  • Format: Häftad
  • Språk: Engelska
  • Antal sidor: 368
  • Förlag: Vintage Publishing
  • ISBN: 9780099581895
  • Utmärkelser: Long-listed for Orwell Prize 2017 (UK)
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Rory Stewart lived in and around the Eden Valley of Cumbria for ten years, serving as the Member of Parliament for Penrith and the Border. He is half Scottish and half English. He is the author of several prize-winning and bestselling books including The Places in Between, a New York Times bestseller, and, most recently, Politics On the Edge, a no. 1 Sunday Times bestseller. Stewart is currently Brady-Johnson Professor of the Practice of Grand Strategy at Yale University’s Jackson School of Global Affairs, and the co-host of the leading UK podcast The Rest Is Politics.

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I thought at first Rory's book was about the French political party, but blow me it is all about our native heath, plus his dad, and is one of the most original books we have had in 33 years of the prize

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