On This Holy Island - Smith, Oliver

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Résumé :
Retracing sacred travel made across time, from murmurs of ritual journeys in the depths of the Ice Age to new pilgrimages of the twenty-first century, On This Holy Island is an epic adventure across Sacred British landscapes. We follow Oliver Smith as he climbs into remote sea caves, sleeps inside Neolithic tombs, scales forgotten holy mountains, and once even maroons himself at sea. Following holy roads to churches, cathedrals, and standing stones, this evocative and enlightening travelogue explores places prehistoric, pagan and Christian. Smith also reveals how football stadiums and music festivals have become contemporary places of pilgrimage.--from dust jacket....

Biographie:
is an acclaimed travel writer who contributes ...

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Oliver Smith is an acclaimed travel writer who contributes mostly to the Financial Times, The Times and Outside Magazine. He worked for Lonely Planet Magazine for ten years. During his time there he won Travel Writer of the Year at the Travel Media Awards, was AITO Travel Writer of the Year on three occasions, and was nominated for PPA Writer of the Year....