Far to Go and Many to Love : People and Places Hardback
by Lesley Blanch
Edited by Georgia de Chamberet
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Lesley Blanch, a Londoner by birth, spent the greater part of her life travelling about those remote areas her books record so vividly.
She was an astute observer of places and people - their quirks, habits and passions.
This selection of her early journalism, essays and traveller's tales forms an irresistible sequel to her posthumous memoirs, On the Wilder Shores of Love: A Bohemian Life.
Savvy, self-possessed, talented and successful, Lesley Blanch was a bold and daring writer; travelling at a time when women were expected to be subservient to the needs of husbands and children.
Illustrated with photos and a selection of Blanch's line drawings - and with an insightful introduction by Blanch's god-daughter, Far to Go and Many to Love: People and Places brings together writings on subjects as various as Vivien Leigh, polygamy and the Orient Express.
She remembers life in post-war Bulgaria with her husband, the diplomat-novelist Romain Gary, and Christmas in Mexico with him.
Specific places were of particular significance to her: the Sahara, Iran, Turkey, Syria, Afghanistan, Central Asia.Her descriptions make for disturbing reading given the cumulative impact of a century of war on the Middle East.
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- Format:Hardback
- Pages:376 pages
- Publisher:Quartet Books
- Publication Date:01/06/2017
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- ISBN:9780704374348
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In Stock - low on stock, only 1 copy remainingFree UK DeliveryEstimated delivery 2-3 working days
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:376 pages
- Publisher:Quartet Books
- Publication Date:01/06/2017
- Category:
- ISBN:9780704374348