The Channel
- 256pagine
- 9 ore di lettura
The most complete and thorough journey through and among the culture, people and history of this defining piece of water
Charlie Connelly Libri
Charlie Connelly è un acclamato autore di saggistica popolare, che arricchisce il suo lavoro scritto con la sua esperienza di conduttore radiofonico e televisivo. I suoi libri approfondiscono argomenti affascinanti e spesso inaspettati, sempre con una voce distintiva e una prospettiva acuta. Lo stile narrativo di Connelly è caratterizzato da una ricerca meticolosa unita a un approccio narrativo accattivante, che rivela storie nascoste con arguzia e profondità. La sua capacità unica di rendere argomenti complessi accessibili e avvincenti consolida la sua reputazione di voce significativa nella saggistica contemporanea.
Attention All Shipping
- 384pagine
- 14 ore di lettura
Dogger. Rockall. Malin. Irish Sea' - the hilarious bestselling travel book that journeys round areas made famous by Radio 4's The Shipping Forecast.
And Did Those Feet
- 320pagine
- 12 ore di lettura
The landscape of the British Isles is filled with history, much of which we miss as it flashes past the car window. Do we even realise that we're following the same path as the Tolpuddle Martyrs, or that we're driving past the exact spot where King Harold was killed, shot through the eye with an arrow? As a lover of both history and the British countryside, Charlie Connelly decided to rectify this, and set out on a series of walks that recreate famous historical journeys. En route he retells the story of the original trip while discovering who and what now inhabit these iconic routes. Walking in England, Scotland, Ireland and Wales, Charlie journeys alongside Boudicca's ghost in Norfolk, relives Bonnie Prince Charlie's flight to Skye disguised as Flora MacDonald's maid and takes the same 32-mile round trip as the starving Louisburgh famine walkers. He suffers broken toes, becomes trapped in the Scottish Parliament and encounters dead poets and a surprisingly high number of mad old women in woolly hats. Told with Charlie's customary charm and wit, And Did Those Feet will reveal the historical secrets hidden in the much-loved coastal, country and urban landscapes of Britain.