Put Jonathan Raban on a boat and the results will be fascinating, and never more so than when he's sailing around the serpentine, 2,000-mile coast of his native England. In this acutely perceived and beautifully written book, the bestselling author of Bad Land turns that voyage'…
Paints a vivid picture of what life was like during the time of Henry VIII by visiting over fifty Tudor palaces, theatres, and abbeys, including Anne Boleyn's childhood home and the castle where Mary Queen of Scots was imprisoned.
Paints a vivid picture of what life was like during the time of Henry VIII by visiting more than fifty Tudor palaces, theaters, and abbeys, including Anne Boleyn's childhood home and the castle where Mary Queen of Scots was imprisoned.
Paints a vivid picture of what life was like during the time of Henry VIII by visiting more than fifty Tudor palaces, theaters, and abbeys, including Anne Boleyn's childhood home and the castle where Mary Queen of Scots was imprisoned.
Paints a vivid picture of what life was like during the time of Henry VIII by visiting more than fifty Tudor palaces, theaters, and abbeys, including Anne Boleyn's childhood home and the castle where Mary Queen of Scots was imprisoned.
"Emirs in London recounts how Northern Nigerian Muslim aristocrats who traveled to Britain between 1920 and Nigerian independence in 1960 relayed that experience to the Northern Nigerian people. Moses E. Ochonu shows how rather than simply serving as puppets and mouthpieces of t…
"Emirs in London recounts how Northern Nigerian Muslim aristocrats who traveled to Britain between 1920 and Nigerian independence in 1960 relayed that experience to the Northern Nigerian people. Moses E. Ochonu shows how rather than simply serving as puppets and mouthpieces of t…
"Emirs in London recounts how Northern Nigerian Muslim aristocrats who traveled to Britain between 1920 and Nigerian independence in 1960 relayed that experience to the Northern Nigerian people. Moses E. Ochonu shows how rather than simply serving as puppets and mouthpieces of t…
Frommer's England & Scotland
by Brewer, Stephen, Fullman, Joe, Strachan, Donald, Cochran, Jason, Gillmore, Lucy
Find the England and Scotland of your dreams. Stay in a restored Edwardian mansion or a cozy, traditional B & B; avoid the lines at classic museums and sights; see the best shows on London's West End and the wackiest offerings at the Edinburgh Festival; or hike through countrysi…
Overview: The British Isles are the single most popular trans-Atlantic destination for Americans, and an immense body of book-buyers will be the potential audience for this important new travel guide. It incorporates all the elements that have won best-seller status for Frommer'…
"Twenty years ago, Bill Bryson went on a trip around Britain to discover and celebrate that green and pleasant land. The result was Notes from a Small Island, a true classic and one of the bestselling travel books ever written. Now he has traveled about Britain again, by bus and…
"Twenty years ago, Bill Bryson went on a trip around Britain to discover and celebrate that green and pleasant land. The result was Notes from a Small Island, a true classic and one of the bestselling travel books ever written. Now he has traveled about Britain again, by bus and…
Twenty years ago, Bill Bryson went on a trip around Britain to discover and celebrate that green and pleasant land. The result was Notes from a Small Island, one of the bestselling travel books ever written. Now he has traveled about Britain again, by bus and train and rental ca…