10 Favourite Travel Books

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Travels with a Donkey in the Cevennes
1.  Travels with a Donkey in the Cevennes by Robert Louis Stevenson
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  "A classic of tolerance and humour."
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The Worst Journey In The World
2.  The Worst Journey In The World by Apsley Cherry-Garrard
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  "The unrivalled description of Scott's last journey. Often frightening in its intensity."
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Arabian Sands (Travel Library)
3.  Arabian Sands (Travel Library) by Wilfred Thesiger
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  "Exciting and informative about cultures that have already passed away."
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A Short Walk in the Hindu Kush (Picador Books)
4.  A Short Walk in the Hindu Kush (Picador Books) by Eric Newby
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  "Very, very funny."
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The Snow Leopard
5.  The Snow Leopard by Peter Matthiessen
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  "Perhaps the only really convincing mystical travel book."
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4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (18 customer reviews)

The Great Railway Bazaar: By Train Through Asia
6.  The Great Railway Bazaar: By Train Through Asia by Paul Theroux
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  "The ultimate railway entusiast's trip."
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Eothen: Traces of Travel Brought Home from the East
7.  Eothen: Traces of Travel Brought Home from the East by Alexander William Kinglake
The list author says:
  "The ultimate Englishman abroad. A true classic."
£9.99   Used & New from: £4.72
4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)

Wild Wales
8.  Wild Wales by George Borrow
The list author says:
  "Best read, as I first did, when actually travelling in Wales"
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News from Tartary
9.  News from Tartary by Peter Fleming
The list author says:
  "Travel with the "real" James Bond and the remarkable Ella Maillart - and you do meet the real M on a train."
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Travels in Arabia Deserta: Volume 1
10.  Travels in Arabia Deserta: Volume 1 by Charles Montagu Doughty
The list author says:
  "Hard going but it is worth mastering a style so strange that it is almost a foreign language to discovery strange countries and an even stranger man."
£14.02   Used & New from: £13.30

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