I have written seven books about the history of places I have travelled to. If you are interested in history and / or travel then you should check out these books. Please bear in mind the books are travelogues rather than travel guides and so cover only the places I visited. Here is the oneContinue reading “Travels through History – Armenia”
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The Baltics and Poland
I have written seven books about the history of places I have travelled to. I travel because my own father always said he would travel after he’d retired, but he never got the chance because he died from cancer when he was 49. I travel for him when I go to places as well asContinue reading “The Baltics and Poland”
Byzantium – A Very Short Introduction
This is a bit of a stretch for a travel blog but it does provide the background for some of the sights that ca be seen in modern Istanbul . Number 437 in the ‘A Very Short Introduction’ series. In 324 AD the Roman Emperor Constantine defeated the last of his foes, Licinius, at sea,Continue reading “Byzantium – A Very Short Introduction”
Julian Worker – Travel Imagery
Hello: I’ve made some updates to my Alamy portfolio to include recent pictures from Montreal, Powell River (BC), Ottawa, Calgary, Saskatoon, Winnipeg, Yellowknife, Whitehorse, and the outstanding Dawson City in the Yukon Territory. https://www.alamy.com/portfolio/julianworkerimages
Cross of Fire by Colin Forbes
Although this book is fiction, there are many accurate descriptions of towns and cities you might like to visit… This is an extremely long thriller at over 550 pages. It needs to be though as there are so many characters not all of whom are what they seem to be at first appearance. The goodContinue reading “Cross of Fire by Colin Forbes”
A very short introduction to Alexis de Tocqueville
This very short introduction allows the reader to understand the writings of Alex de Tocqueville most famously known for the two volume Democracy in America. Tocqueville travelled for 9 months in America in 1831-32 with his great friend Gustave de Beaumont. The first volume of Democracy in America appeared in 1835. This volume was aboutContinue reading “A very short introduction to Alexis de Tocqueville”
Life on the Golden Horn – Book Review
This is number 6 in the ‘Great Journeys’ series by Penguin. Lady Mary Wortley Montagu travelled to Constantinople (now Istanbul) in 1716 with her husband who had been appointed ambassador to the Ottoman Empire by King George I. This idea didn’t turn out very well and they were recalled in 1718. I’ve not seen anyContinue reading “Life on the Golden Horn – Book Review”
Where did the universe come from? Book Review.
OK, this is pushing the boundaries for a travel blog, but I would count a journey to the stars as travel! I suppose I should have expected the answers this book provides. I won’t say what those are because that would spoil the reading of the book for some people. Basically, physicists face a fundamentalContinue reading “Where did the universe come from? Book Review.”
Goddess of the North and the Angel of the North and Blanchland
An excerpt from the book: Travels through History – North-East England The chances are that you will have heard of one of these sculptures but not the other. The Goddess of the North or The Lady of the North or Northumberlandia is a huge land sculpture in the shape of a reclining female figure, startedContinue reading “Goddess of the North and the Angel of the North and Blanchland”
Hadrian’s Wall – Corbridge, Chesters, Brocolitia, Housesteads
An excerpt from the book: Travels through History – North-East England The permanent conquest of Britain by the Romans began in 43 AD and by about 100 AD there were army units along the stretch of land between the River Tyne and the Solway Firth. Their forts were linked by a road, now known asContinue reading “Hadrian’s Wall – Corbridge, Chesters, Brocolitia, Housesteads”
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