Rory Stewart

The Marches

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MP and travel writer Rory Stewart traverses the borderlands between England and Scotland, musing on history, memory and landscape. Draws on contemporary politics and long years working in rural Asia and on troubled borders. From the author of The Places In Between and Occupational Hazards.

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Produktdetails

ISBN: 978-0-224-09768-0
EAN: 9780224097680
Produktnummer: 16254364
Verlag: Random House UK
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2015
Seitenangabe: 272 S.
Masse: H24.3 cm x B16.1 cm x D3.8 cm 731 g
Gewicht: 731

Über den Autor

Rory Stewart was born in Hong Kong and grew up in Malaysia. After a brief period in the British Army, he joined the Foreign Office, serving in Indonesia and Montenegro. In 20002 he completed a two-thousand-mile walk from Turkey to Bangladesh. His account of crossing Afghanistan on foot a few months after the US invasion, The Places In Between, drew wide acclaim and was shortlisted for the Guardian First Book Award. He was awarded an OBE in 2004 for his work in Iraq, which is recounted in his book Occupational Hazards. He was elected Conservative MP for Penrith and The Border in 2010.