Determined to discover the Albanian that lies behind so many stereotypes and preconceptions, Robin Hanbury-Tenison and his wife Louella crossed the country on horseback, from Theth in the north to the border with Greece in the south. In the footsteps of Byron, Edward Lear and Edith Durham they crossed some of the most wild and arrestingly beautiful landscapes in Europe. Through soaring mountain ranges and hidden valleys they lived simply; staying in the homes of communities completely untouched by the 21st century and in towns bursting with artistic creativity. 'Land of Eagles' is the story of a lyrical and dramatic journey, peppered with adventure and mishap, discovery and unexpected encounters. Adorned with the history, legends and literature of Albania and with the tales of past travellers, it is a luminous portrait of this mysterious and eccentric country, which has for too long been forgotten by Europe.
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'Robin's zest to explore all sorts of strange places and write books about them has now taken him to Albania - this is a place I have always wanted to go to' --Sir Ranulph Fiennes
'Albania remains one of the most mysterious, beguiling countries in Europe. Robin and Louella Hanbury-Tenison have travelled through it in a way I can only envy. Top to bottom on horseback, a journey on which they had the time to look behind the stereotypes of the country and see the dramatic beauty and unique traditions that lie beneath.' --Michael Palin
'His best book to date...of the sort that would win the Thomas Cook Travel Book Award if it were still going. It's got just the right balance of travelogue and digression. The Sunday Times named Hanbury-Tenison 'the greatest explorer of the past 20 years' and one of the thousand 'Makers of the 20th Century'. He deserves to be much better known as an author and perhaps with the publication of Land of Eagles this slight injustice is about to be put right.' --Nick Smith, Bookdealer
'Albania remains one of the most mysterious, beguiling countries in Europe. Robin and Louella Hanbury-Tenison have travelled through it in a way I can only envy. Top to bottom on horseback, a journey on which they had the time to look behind the stereotypes of the country and see the dramatic beauty and unique traditions that lie beneath.' --Michael Palin
'His best book to date...of the sort that would win the Thomas Cook Travel Book Award if it were still going. It's got just the right balance of travelogue and digression. The Sunday Times named Hanbury-Tenison 'the greatest explorer of the past 20 years' and one of the thousand 'Makers of the 20th Century'. He deserves to be much better known as an author and perhaps with the publication of Land of Eagles this slight injustice is about to be put right.' --Nick Smith, Bookdealer
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Robin Hanbury-Tenison, OBE, DL, is the doyen of British explorers. A Founder and President of Survival International, the world s leading organisation supporting tribal peoples, he was one of the first people to bring the plight of the rainforests to the world's attention. He has been a Gold Medallist of the Royal Geographical Society, winner of the Pio Manzu Award, an International Fellow of the Explorers Club, Winston Churchill Memorial Fellow, Trustee of the Ecological Foundation and Fellow of the Linnean Society. Among his many publications are: 'A Question of Survival', 'A Pattern of Peoples', 'The Yanomami', 'Fragile Eden', 'The Oxford Book of Exploration', 'Mulu: The Rain Forest' and his two autobiographies, 'Worlds Apart' and 'Worlds Within', as well as a successful quartet of books about the other long distance rides he and Louella have made across France, China, New Zealand and Spain.
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Every month or so I fly into Tirana and I always look for non-tourist-guide kind of information about it and its history. Hanbury-Tenison has written that rare kind of travel book - a description of the country without being either gushing or patronising. He manages to give a picture of rural Albania that shows up weaknesses in the infra-structure and in behaviour yet is never critical or negative. The welcome he receives from nearly everyone is described with pleasure and appreciation, and the staggering beauty of the land never ceases to fill him with awe. He gets this across to us without being tedious or sententious. Yes, he makes one want to explore Albania, maybe not on horseback, but somehow to get to these places of sublime pristine glory and see them for oneself.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
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Having been to Albania which is such an intreguing country I was fascinated to read this book. Truely inspiring and written in a fantastic style. Hats off to the author. If you can read you should read this book, even better if you can travel go to Albania as well. Excellant book!
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It is a great read and superb description of the Albania and Albanians. Remarkable and inspiring trip, excellent insight of land and culture, magnificently linked with the description of Byron "Childe Harold's Pilgrimage" or other writers of the 19th-20th century who travelled and wrote about Albania. It could not been any better writer then Robin Handbury-Tenison to write about Albania and its people, riding North to South on Egnatia route, to fulfil his passion, matching his extended research with this experience, is truly enlightening and admirable journey. Reading "Land of Eagles" will enrich your knowledges about Albania, will recommend to read it before planing to visit the country and after.
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