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A Gap Year or Two (Paperback)

by Jeremy Macdonogh (Author)
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  • Paperback: 488 pages
  • Publisher: Athena Press Ltd (22 Mar 2007)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 184401987X
  • ISBN-13: 978-1844019878
  • Product Dimensions: 20.2 x 12.4 x 3.6 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 621,892 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Young man, go to Europe! It is not without due reflection that I venture thus to reverse the geographical direction of a famous saying. As America now stands, I believe by far the most valuable education a young man can obtain is a European trip, undertaken during the years most often devoted to a college course. It costs no more; it may evencost less; and I make bold to say it is immesaurably more educative Allowing that America is still the best country in which to be born, I Allowing that America is still the best country in which to be born, I still maintain that Europe is the best country in which to get a year'seducation. I mean a year of travel, enjoyment, observation. The best learning of all is the learning we acquire without ever knowing it. Nothing makes impressions so vivid as pleasure. Now, travel holds the same position with regard to mankind, its history, its industry, its arts, its organisation, as laboratory work holds to chemistry, field work to geology, and dissection to biology. If you want to understand the world of men, you must go and see it.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Gap Year or Two, 7 April 2007
By G. S. Douglas "Gervas Douglas" (Andorra) - See all my reviews
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Combining charm, entertainment, education, revelation and an effortlessly fluent writing style which will lead you ineluctably on until the last page, this is a book which no civilised person can fail to enjoy. The book starts off at an easy pace, and then steadily grows on the reader as one realises that one is undertaking an immensely entertaining and informative vicarious modern Grand Tour.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Gentlemanly escapism. , 25 Jul 2007
By D. Galvin "Dexter Galvin" (Dublin, Ireland) - See all my reviews
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MacDonogh escorts the reader through the great centres of civilization with the knowledge of an academic, the enthusiasm of a child, and the vivaciousness of a twenty something year old. The dialogue is fascinating, and MacDonogh employs it with aplomb in order to further inform the reader of the historical significance of certain places. The great thing about this book is that such a journey can still be undertaken, Europe's great cultures and historical sites are still there. We should all take the time out to live and breath the continental cultures and lifestyles. Unfortunately however, I think we might not be able to do it and write about it with quite the same panache as MacDonogh.
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5.0 out of 5 stars A truly ripping yarn, 21 Oct 2007
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The author recounts a catalogue of life's great joys, bestowed on him often at other's expense, as he meanders through Europe on a modern day Grand Tour armed with little more than his wit, charm and an obvious gift for languages.

Apart from laughing out loud and being insanely jealous of how anyone could have had such good fortune or an education in life at such a tender age, I found myself dragged through the book on a mission to unveil our hero's latest escapade.

Supplemented with wonderful details of magnificent architecture and historical context, this is a charming and beautifully written true story that reveals the great virtue of the human spirit. Apart from that it proves beyond doubt that people should get out more!
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