Лучшие произведения Эрика Ньюби

В 1956 году два англичанина — Эрик Ньюби и Хью Кэрлесс — решили совершить путешествие в Нуристан — область на востоке Афганистана, в горах Гиндукуша, где очень редко бывали европейцы. Больше месяца шли они по горам и долинам, встречали разные племена и претерпели немало злоключений. Но им никогда (почти никогда!) не изменяло веселое настроение и чувство юмора. Как это часто бывает с путешественниками, они, сидя в Лондоне, задумали множество смелых предприятий (и осуществили, разумеется, далеко не все из намеченного). В частности, Ньюби и Кэрлесс мечтали покорить в Афганистане не меньше трех шеститысячников. Хыо Кэрлесс уже побывал в…

With his trademark charm and sharp wit, Newby leaves no stone unturned in his quest for wonderfully detailed and quirky knowledge to share with his reader. Insightful, hilarious and sheer fun, this is an adventure not to be missed, by Britain's best-loved travel guide, and father of the genre.'Why don't you start in Naples and go clockwise round the Mediterranean instead of dashing off in all directions like a lunatic?' Fortunately, Eric Newby followed his wife Wanda's advice, and so begins the wonderfully madcap adventure, ‘On the Shores of the Mediterranean’.Beginning during the Newbys' wine harvest in Tuscany, the adventurous but…

A collection of writing from Britain's best-loved travel writer, ‘A Merry Dance around the World’ is the culmination of a lifetime of adventure.A collection of writing from eleven books by Britain's best-loved travel writer, A Merry Dance around the World is the culmination of a lifetime's adventures, from the birth of Eric Newby in 1919 at the 'ghastly hour' of 3.45am, to Herculean cycling escapades in his seventies through the wiles of the Irish winter. An astonishing catalogue of disasters and misunderstandings, Newby's compassionate grace and sharp wit ensure that every adventure is as charming, hilarious and wild as his last.Including…

An illustrated ebook documenting the hugely varied and always entertaining career of one of Britain’s best-loved travel writers.Born in London in 1919, Eric Newby was educated at St Paul’s School. He began his travelling career in a perambulator commuting between Hammersmith Bridge and such seaside resorts as Frinton. In 1938 he persuaded his father to have him apprenticed to the four-masted Finnish barque Moshulu and, with camera in tow, sailed in the last Grain Race from Australia to Europe by way of Cape Horn – the beginning of a lifelong passion for both travel and photography.During the war Newby served in the Black Watch and the…