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26%OFFJeremy Seal - Meander: East to West along a Turkish River - 9780099531791 - V9780099531791
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Meander: East to West along a Turkish River

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Description for Meander: East to West along a Turkish River Paperback. The course of the Meander is so famously indirect that the river's name has come to signify digression. In this title, at every twist and turn of the author's journey, from the Meander's source in the uplands of Central Turkey to its mouth on the Aegean Sea, he illuminates his account with a wealth of cultural, historical and personal asides. Num Pages: 416 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVT; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 31. Weight in Grams: 382.

The course of the Meander is so famously indirect that the river's name has come to signify digression - an invitation Jeremy Seal is duty-bound to accept while travelling the length of it in a one-man canoe. At every twist and turn of his journey, from the Meander's source in the uplands of Central Turkey to its mouth on the Aegean Sea, Seal illuminates his account with a wealth of cultural, historical and personal asides.

It is a journey that takes him from Turkey's steppe interior - the stamping ground of such illustrious adventurers as Xerxes, Alexander the Great ... Read more

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Product Details

Publisher
Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
416
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
Number of Pages
416
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780099531791
SKU
V9780099531791
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-44

About Jeremy Seal
Jeremy Seal is a travel writer, teacher and broadcaster with a life-long fascination for Turkey. His first book, A Fez of the Heart, was shortlisted for the Thomas Cook Travel Book Award. He is also the author of The Snakebite Survivors' Club, The Wreck at Sharpnose Point, and Santa: A Life, which was Radio 4's Book of the Week. He ... Read more

Reviews for Meander: East to West along a Turkish River
This is a wonderful book by a wonderful writer
Robert Macfarlane Meander is both the tale of a quixotic journey down a river and a wonderfully affectionate, funny, intimate and knowledgeable portrait of Turkey
Barnaby Rogerson
Times Literary Supplement
There are few better travel writers than Jeremy Seal writing today, and none better on Turkey
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Goodreads reviews for Meander: East to West along a Turkish River


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