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S. Baring-Gould
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Description for Iceland
Paperback. Num Pages: 440 pages, 30 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DNC; WTLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 141 x 34. Weight in Grams: 710.
"Off at last! Farewell comfort, ease, good food, snug beds! Welcome hard riding, rain and cold, scanty diet and the ground for a couch!" So begins Sabine Baring-Gould's account of his journey on horseback around Iceland in 1862. Aged twenty-eight, the young writer and teacher was fascinated by the tradition of the Icelandic sagas, and this was the catalyst for his adventure and the book that emerged from it. His voyage took him from the then tiny settlement of Reykjavik through remote and hostile terrain, passing through the empty expanse of Iceland's countryside. He observed mountains and glaciers, volcanoes ... Read more
"Off at last! Farewell comfort, ease, good food, snug beds! Welcome hard riding, rain and cold, scanty diet and the ground for a couch!" So begins Sabine Baring-Gould's account of his journey on horseback around Iceland in 1862. Aged twenty-eight, the young writer and teacher was fascinated by the tradition of the Icelandic sagas, and this was the catalyst for his adventure and the book that emerged from it. His voyage took him from the then tiny settlement of Reykjavik through remote and hostile terrain, passing through the empty expanse of Iceland's countryside. He observed mountains and glaciers, volcanoes ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Signal Books Ltd
Number of pages
440
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Condition
New
Number of Pages
440
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781902669892
SKU
V9781902669892
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-50
About S. Baring-Gould
Sabine Baring-Gould (1834-1924) was a parson, squire, antiquary, novelist, pioneer folk-song collector and one of the great eccentrics of his age. The author of many works of fiction, he is best known for writing the words of "Onwards Christian Soldiers".
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