Where the Wild Winds Are: Walking Europe's Winds from the

Where the Wild Winds Are: Walking Europe's Winds from the Pennines to Provence

Selected as a Book of the Year by the Financial Times, the Daily Telegraph and the Spectator

"Travel writing in excelsis." -Jan Morris, author of Venice

"A thrilling and gorgeous tale, packed with meteorological wonder." -Amy Liptrot, author of The Outrun

Nick Hunt sets off on an unlikely quest: to follow four of Europe's winds across the continent.

His wind-walks begin on Cross Fell, the highest point of the Pennines, as he chases the roaring Helm - the only named wind in Britain. In southern Europe he follows the Bora - a bitter northerly that blows from Trieste through Slovenia and down the Croatian coast. His hunt for the "snow-eating" Foehn becomes a meandering journey of exhilaration and despair through the Alpine valleys of Switzerland, and his final walk traces an ancient pilgrims' path in the south of France on the trail of the Mistral - the "wind of madness," which animated and tormented Vincent Van Gogh.

These are journeys into wild wind, but also into wild landscapes and the people who inhabit them - a cast of meteorologists, storm chasers, mountain men, eccentric wind enthusiasts, sailors and shepherds. Soon Nick finds himself borne along by the very forces he is pursuing, through rain, blizzards, howling gales, and back through time itself. For, where the wild winds are, there are also myths and legends, history and hearsay, science and superstition - and occasionally remote mountain cabins packed with pickles, cured meats and homemade alcohol.

Where the Wild Winds Are is a beautiful, unconventional travelogue that makes the invisible visible.
Country USA
Brand Nicholas Brealey
Manufacturer Nicholas Brealey
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber 50881037
ReleaseDate 2018-09-25
UnitCount 1
EANs 9781473665750

Country	USA
Brand	Nicholas Brealey
Manufacturer	Nicholas Brealey
Binding	Paperback
ItemPartNumber	50881037
ReleaseDate	2018-09-25
UnitCount	1
EANs	9781473665750

Where the Wild Winds Are: Walking Europe's Winds from the Pennines to Provence

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