In Ethiopia with a mule - Hardcover

Murphy, Dervla

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 071951830X ISBN 13: 9780719518300

Publisher: Murray, 1968

Synopsis

The true first edition, London 1968, in green cloth and dustjacket. This intrepid Irish woman traveler takes a long trek into the beautiful and remote reaches of Ethiopia with Jock, her amiable mule. Fortunately, whe writes beautifully of their adventure. 8 vo (9 inches) tall. Pages 281. 12 pages of photos and a 2 page sketch map showing the route.

About this title

About the Author:

Dervla Murphy is one of the very best loved of travel writers. She was born in County Waterford and since 1964 has been regularly publishing accounts of her journeys - by bicycle or by mule or on foot - in the remoter areas of four continents. The Times Literary Supplement called her 'an admirable woman - she has a romantic soul and a keen eye'.

Review:

Murphy's observation is acute, her self-effacement is disarming * Sunday Times * Dervla Murphy's credentials are more than a brave heart and strong calf muscles ... the fruit of these mature wanderings for my money puts her among the select travel writers of the last two decades. * Observer * An admirable woman ... She has a romantic soul and a keen eye * Times Literary Supplement * Dervla Murphy must be top of the intrepid class: conventional travel writers seem impossibly pallid by contrast. * Financial Times * One of the supreme virtues of Dervla Murphy as a travel writer is that she is human. She needs her drink; she craves her cigarettes; she is capable of losing her temper; she smuggles things through customs. A more virtuous figure would be far less endearing. * Daily Telegraph *

About this edition

• Publisher: Murray
• Publication date: 1968
• ISBN 10: 071951830X
• ISBN 13: 9780719518300
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 281