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The Royal Road to Romance: Travelers' Tales Classics Paperback – 5 Oct. 2000

by Richard Halliburton (Author)

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When Richard Halliburton graduated from college, he chose adventure over a career, traveling the world with almost no money. The Royal Road to Romance chronicles what happened as a result, from a breakthrough Matterhorn ascent to being jailed for taking forbidden pictures on Gibraltar. "One of the most fascinating books of its kind ever written." - Detroit News

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Print length

320 pages
Language

English
Publisher

Travelers' Tales
Publication date

5 Oct. 2000
Dimensions

13.34 x 2.54 x 20.96 cm
ISBN-10

1885211538
ISBN-13

978-1885211538
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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Travelers' Tales (5 Oct. 2000)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 320 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1885211538
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1885211538
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 13.34 x 2.54 x 20.96 cm

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- 23,763 in Travel Writing (Books)

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Wimolrat W

Good book, rare content .

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 19 June 2023

Worth the read.

When I was a teen living behind a moat of genetically modified corn, this book inspired me

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 9 August 2018

I was so happy to see this book is still in print. It remains the most inspirational travel book I've ever read. In the 1930s, my grandma asked my dad, when he was a little boy, to get her a romance book, and he brought home this, misled by the title. She ended up loving it and so it stayed in our family library until it went AWOL. When I first read it in the 1980s, I think you could, to a great degree, still experience travel like the author did. Not so much anymore, which is sad.

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Rainbelt 123

Halliburton

Reviewed in the United States on 18 November 2022

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This was a man who traveled the world mostly by himself in the first part of the last century. This book is the first of several he wrote before he met his untimely demise. Great writing style, lots of adventure, and a great education about the world of 100 years ago. More than one adventurer has been inspired by Richard Halliburton.

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HCR

Classic for younger readers

Reviewed in the United States on 9 November 2017

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Huckleberry Finn type of story taken place internationally. If I was a school teacher I'd probably have this one on the required reading list for geography purposes.

Written in the 1920's I believe so some of the language reflects this period. I was surprised by the frequent racial undertones.

Would only recommend for younger readers.

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This book was mentioned to me by a new friend ...

Reviewed in the United States on 21 June 2017

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This book was mentioned to me by a new friend who is 92. he read it for the first time when he was quite young and he says he was hooked on reading ever since. Even tho the book was written in 1925, I still found it entertaining.

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Sara M. Farrand

The Ultimate Travel Adventure

Reviewed in the United States on 23 December 2021

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This travel adventure book was written long before television came along. The author was a celebrated lecturer who gave audiences a taste of a world they would never otherwise see.

If you are a traveler and the unconventional appeals to you, then you will have a good time reading this book. He continued to write more travel stories after this first, most famous one. They are fun, too.

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Mark Rickerby

Best Travel Writer Ever

Reviewed in the United States on 1 June 2015

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I have all of Richard Halliburton's books, including one he signed back in the 1930's. He was an incredible writer describing an incredible time - the Golden Age of travel - when world cultures had not yet been diluted (some say polluted) by other influences. Consider the well-known story of 90% of Hawaiian islanders dying of European diseases their bodies, pristine from centuries of isolation, were not familiar with. If you want to see the world as it was a hundred years ago and read some colorful and often humorous travel writing, Halliburton books are a must. As he put it, “Let those who wish have their respectability. I wanted freedom; freedom to indulge in whatever caprice struck my fancy, freedom to search in the farthermost corners of the earth for the beautiful, the joyous and the romantic.” Since I hate to see the memory and legacy of one of my favorite writer's fading (inevitable with fame, I know), here's a good article about him - http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/last-adventure-richard-halliburton-forgotten-hero-1930s-america-180950164/?no-ist

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