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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Michael PalinPublisher: Orion Publishing Co Imprint: Weidenfeld & Nicolson Dimensions: Width: 12.60cm , Height: 2.20cm , Length: 19.60cm Weight: 0.251kg ISBN: 9781474625791ISBN 10: 1474625797 Pages: 256 Publication Date: 18 April 2024 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Not yet available This item is yet to be released. You can pre-order this item and we will dispatch it to you upon its release. Table of ContentsReviewsHis easy-going charm and passion for discovery are captivating * Daily Express * Palin is as engaging a writer as he is a presenter, and one keeps turning the pages with anticipation and pleasure * Sunday Telegraph * Palin is the Python we all want to go abroad with * Observer * He observes shrewdly, writes wittily; laughs with, not at, the people he meets, and charmingly slips in a huge amount of information. His approach still towers above its imitators * Independent * The ultimate armchair travel book * Guardian * Author InformationMichael Palin has written and starred in numerous TV programmes and films, from Monty Python and Ripping Yarns to The Missionary and The Death of Stalin. He has also made several much-acclaimed travel documentaries, his journeys taking him to the North and South Poles, the Sahara Desert, the Himalayas, Eastern Europe and Brazil. His books include accounts of his journeys, two novels (Hemingway's Chair and The Truth), three volumes of diaries and Erebus, the Story of a Ship. From 2009 to 2012 he was president of the Royal Geographical Society. He received a BAFTA fellowship in 2013, and a knighthood in the 2019 New Year Honours list. He lives in London. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |