{"product_id":"sauntering-writers-walk-europe-9781912559244","title":"Sauntering: Writers Walk Europe","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis latest collection of walking literature from Notting Hill Editions celebrates the allure of the Continent.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOn foot the world comes our way. We get close to the Continent's alpine ranges, arterial rivers, expansive coastlines. Close to its ancient cities and mysterious thoroughfares; and close to the walkers themselves--the Grand Tourers and explorers, strollers and saunterers, on their hikes and quests, parades and urban drifts. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eSauntering\u003c\/i\u003e features sixty walker-writers--classic and current--who roam Europe by foot. Twenty-two countries are traversed. We join Henriette d'Angeville, the second woman to climb Mont Blanc; Nellie Bly roaming the trenches of the First World War; Werner Herzog on a personal pilgrimage through Germany; Hans Christian Andersen in quarantine; Joseph Conrad in Cracow; Rebecca Solnit reimagining change on the streets of Prague; and Robert Macfarlane dropping deep into underground Paris. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eContributors include: \u003c\/i\u003ePatrick Leigh Fermor; John Hillaby; Robert Walser; Henriette d'Angeville; Joseph Roth; Joanna Kavenna; Richard Wright; Werner Herzog; Robert Antelme; George Sand; Rainer Maria Rilke; Robert Macfarlane; Rebecca Solnit; Kate Humble; Nicholas Luard; Edith Wharton; Elizabeth von Armin; Joseph Conrad; D. H. Lawrence; Vernon Lee; Guy Debord, Mark Twain, Thomas Coryat, and more.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eDuncan Minshull\u003c\/b\u003e, described by \u003ci\u003eCountry Life\u003c\/i\u003e magazine as \"the laureate of walking,\" is a freelance audio producer and anthologist. His publications include the Notting Hill Editions title \u003ci\u003eBeneath My Feet: Writers on Walking\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eWhile Wandering\u003c\/i\u003e; and \u003ci\u003eThe Burning Leg\u003c\/i\u003e. He has described the joys of traveling on foot for various magazines and newspapers including \u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e (UK), \u003ci\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Daily Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eCondé Nast Traveler\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eVogue\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Lady\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003ePsychologies\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Notting Hill Editions","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50440470036754,"sku":"9781912559244","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_f3a8252b-53f9-44c3-bec7-7eb9ee3cdbc2.jpg?v=1729660750","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/sauntering-writers-walk-europe-9781912559244","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}