The Summer Isles
- 352 stránok
- 13 hodin čítania
One of Britain's foremost writers of place takes an evocative journey along the western coast of Ireland and Scotland to chart the perennial allure of this perilous and myth-rich stretch of sea
Philip Marsden Poradie kníh
11. máj 1961
Philip Marsden je autorom viacerých diel cestopisnej literatúry, beletrie a literatúry faktu. Jeho práca sa zameriava na hlboké skúmanie miest a kultúr, ktoré navštevuje, a ponúka čitateľom pútavý pohľad na rozmanitosť sveta. Marsdenov štýl sa vyznačuje pozoruhodnou pozornosťou k detailom a schopnosťou vykresliť živé obrazy a silné postavy. Jeho diela rezonujú s tými, ktorí oceňujú premyslené a obohacujúce čítanie.
- 2019
- 2015
Rising Ground
- 352 stránok
- 13 hodin čítania
From an award-winning travel writer, this is an evocative journey around some of the country's most ancient sites and ritual places, and a profound exploration of the relationship between man and the landscape.
- 2015
A revised and updated edition of Philip Marsden's classic travel book, published to coincide with the centenary of the Armenian massacres.
- 2012
The Levelling Sea
- 320 stránok
- 12 hodin čítania
The story of Britain's colourful maritime past seen through the changing fortunes of the Cornish port of Falmouth.
- 2009
The British Council in association with the Royal Geographical Society (with IBG) is delighted to announce the launch of a new exhibition of photographs by acclaimed photographer Nick Danziger. The Ethiopian church is a living church and now faces new challenges. The British Council commissioned Nick Danziger in 2007 to document Ethiopia's Christian Churches; the Ethiopian Millennium celebrations in September 2007 offered the chance to throw light on this little known church and its culture, its breathtaking antiquity and its tentative entry into a globalised world.
- 2008
The Barefoot Emperor
- 320 stránok
- 12 hodin čítania
A fascinating narrative excursion into a bizarre episode in 19th century Ethiopian and British imperial history featuring a remote African despot and his monstrous European-built gun.
- 2006
Philip Marsden returns to the remote, fiercely beautiful landscape that has exercised a powerful mythic appeal over him since his first encounter with it over twenty years ago.
- 2005
The Bronski House
- 256 stránok
- 9 hodin čítania
The Bronski House is a multifaceted narrative combining journal entries, memories, and personal experiences. It celebrates Poland and serves as a landmark in travel writing, intertwining a family's history with the profound experience of returning from exile.
- 2001
Skythen, Kosaken, Duchoborzen, Molokanen und Adygen – klangvolle Namen aus der fremden Welt des Kaukasus. Auf der Suche nach uralten Volksstämmen im 'Land der Federn' begegnet der Autor Menschen, die sich trotz härtester Existenzbedingungen ihren Glauben an die Zukunft bewahrt haben, und berichtet fesselnd von einem Leben nach dem Zusammenbruch des Sowjetreichs.
