The Glorious Adventure: Through the Mediterranean in the Wake of Odysseus - Couverture souple

Halliburton, Richard

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1848857713 ISBN 13 : 9781848857711

Editeur : I.B. Tauris & Co. Ltd., 2011

Synopsis

Unusual book

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

It was perhaps inevitable that Richard Halliburton, such a romantic, imaginative wanderer, would follow in the footsteps of another legendary traveller - Odysseus. Halliburton's second book, The Glorious Adventure describes his journey through the Mediterranean in the shadow of his mythical hero. In Greece, Halliburton charged Mount Olympus 'in order to visit the gods that dwelled there'; he swam the Hellespont as Byron had before him and journeyed on to Troy, where Odysseus's long adventure began. He sailed to Stromboli in the Tyrrhenian Sea, home of Aeolus god of the winds; then to the Bay of Naples, Circeo - 'island' of Circe - and Li Galli, the siren isles that shimmered off the Amalfi coast. Battling through the Straits of Messina, Odysseus's Scylla and Charybdis, he explored Sicily and Corfu before setting out for the shores of Ithaca, long-forgotten home for one, the end of an adventure for another. As epic and eventful as The Odyssey itself and one of the most captivating travel books of the 20th century, The Glorious Adventure evokes the romance of another time, when heroes and gods walked the earth.

Revue de presse :

'From the Jazz Age through the Great Depression to the eve of World War II, he thrilled an entire generation of readers. Clever, resourceful, undaunted, cheerful in the face of dreadful odds, ever-optimistic about the world and the people around him, always scheming about his next adventure - a spokesman for the youth of a generation.' --James O'Reilly

'Halliburton made me lustfully aware that the world was very big and very old; that its seeable wonders and its learnable stories were innumerable; and that I might see these wonders myself and learn the stories attached to them.' --Susan Sontag

'Richard Halliburton did more than most to give travel writing its reputation as a dream job.' --Anthony Sattin, Sunday Times

'He swam the Hellespont and crossed the Alps on an elephant. So what reader could resist an invitation to travel the world with Richard Halliburton?' --David Shariatmadari, Guardian

'Richard Halliburton did more than most to give travel writing its reputation as a dream job.' --Anthony Sattin, Sunday Times

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: I.B. Tauris & Co. Ltd.
• Date d'édition: 2011
• ISBN 10: 1848857713
• ISBN 13: 9781848857711
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 224