Classic travel writing books

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This abridged version of Harriet Martineau's narrative of her travels in Jacksonian America preserves her reporting...  Read More >>

This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each...  Read More >>

Our African Winter is one of Conan Doyle's late memoirs, of a trip to South Africa and bordering countries to the...  Read More >>

In this collection leading scholars in the field examine the interfaces between narratives of travel and of empire....  Read More >>

The way of life of Iran's Bakhtiari, a people claiming descent from Fereydun, hero of the Shahnameh, has now all...  Read More >>

"Written by the brother of ""James Bond"" author Ian Fleming, this book features an adventure to Peking."  Read More >>

The Reverend Andrew Burnaby embarked on a two-year tour of the American colonies in 1759. Originally published in...  Read More >>

This study provides an English translation of the texts for initiation in the Byzantine tradition, drawing on early...  Read More >>

Chase describes three tripods found in Etruscan tombs and discusses the extent to which they represent Etruscan...  Read More >>

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This account of Dickens' first tour of the United States was deeply, and probably to some extent deliberately, controversial...  Read More >>

Presents the author's travel notes on his 1838 journey to southern France. This book contains descriptions of cities...  Read More >>

This book is based on the diaries of some of the intrepid English gentry women who travelled around Wales between...  Read More >>

* A unique book which comprehensively describes the expeditions of the Victorian travellers  Read More >>

Details the efforts undertaken by the authors to explore and comprehensively photograph during their 70-day, 500-mile...  Read More >>

With passion and wit, Bernard Levin describes his travels on foot through the beautiful countryside of south-eastern...  Read More >>

It could easily be taken to the Mediterranean on a holiday and read with pleasure on a sunny beach or in the shade...  Read More >>

Explores the American and European obsession with the myth of a beautiful city, and in doing so reveals much about...  Read More >>

This book appeared posthumously in 1822 in English and French. This fully annotated edition makes the original English...  Read More >>

First published in 1972, Shirley Guiton's account of life on the Venetian island of Torcello begins with her purchase...  Read More >>

Covering the northern lagoon islands of Torcello, Burano, Santa Christina and San Francesco del Deserto, this book...  Read More >>

A Journey from Cornhill to Grand Cairo is a delightful anti-travel book, describing a Mediterranean journey of the...  Read More >>