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'The prose is colourful and vigorous ... Jubber's journeying has indeed been epic, in scale and in ambition. In this thoughtful travelogue he has woven together colourful ancient and modern threads into a European tapestry that combines the sombre and the sparkling' Spectator'A genuine epic' WanderlustAward-winning travel writer Nicholas Jubber journeys across Europe exploring Europe's epic poems, from the Odyssey to Beowulf, the Song of Roland to theNibelungenlied, and their impact on European identity in these turbulent times.These are the stories that made Europe.Journeying from Turkey to Iceland, award-winning travel writer Nicholas Jubber takes us on a fascinating adventure through our continent's most enduring epic poems to learn how they were shaped by their times, and how they have since shaped us.
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Nicholas Jubber is an award-winning travel writer. His journeys have taken him to the Ethiopian highlands, the Afghan lowlands, and the heart of the Sahara. Fascinated by history and its relationship with the present, he explores connections - and mis-connections - across the centuries. In his latest book, this fascination carries him on a turbulent adventure to the forgotten places of North Africa, from the cattle markets of the Atlas to the nomadic camps outside Timbuktu. His first book, 'The Prester Quest' (winner of the Dolman Travel Book Award) narrates an expedition from Venice to the tomb of a medieval African king; and his second book, 'Drinking Arak off an Ayatollah's Beard', recounts his adventures across Iran and Afghanistan. His website is www.nickjubber.com and he is on twitter at @jubberstravels
