{"product_id":"epic-continent-9781473665804","title":"Epic Continent","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ch2\u003e \u003c\/h2\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eShortlisted for the \u003ci\u003eStanford Dolman Travel Book of the Year 2020\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''A thought-provoking treatise interwoven with blistered-feet-on-the-ground accounts of spots both pretty and gritty'' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNational Geographic\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''Compelling, thought-provoking, and courageous, this epic-poetic journey peels back layers of collective emotional and imaginative inheritance. Jubber gets under the skin of our complicated continent and his timing is dead right'' Kapka Kassabova\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''A genuine epic'' \u003ci\u003eWanderlust\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''The prose is colourful and vigorous...Jubber''s journeying has indeed been epic, in scale and 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'' \u003ci\u003eSpectator\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e''Epic Continent\u003c\/i\u003e sets out on a physical and mythological journey to uncover what it means to be European'\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA fascinating, page-turning exploration of the stories, identity and the root of the European self. A must read for anyone interested in where we come from and where we may be going\u003c\/b\u003e -- Jason Webster\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCompelling, thought-provoking, and courageous, this epic-poetic journey peels back layers of collective emotional and imaginative inheritance. Jubber gets under the skin of our complicated continent and his timing is dead right\u003c\/b\u003e * Kapka Kassabova *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn the great literary tradition of writers like Jan Morris and Patrick Leigh Fermour, Jubber has a deep knowledge of the epics whose narratives and journeys he follows\u003c\/b\u003e * The New European *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn original and thoroughly absorbing book by a travel writer of immense ability\u003c\/b\u003e * The New European *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eEpic continent \u003c\/i\u003eis an Odyssey on its own, which travels both in space and time . . . Nick Jubber gets to the old heart of a still-troubled continent\u003c\/b\u003e * Professor Tom Shippey *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBrings out the many ironies of literary and political history ...  and show[s] that the past is still with us all\u003c\/b\u003e * TLS *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA timely study of how epic can sadly harden frontiers and justify violence, while retaining the more hopeful possibility of re-invention to prompt dialogue and shape new communities of song\u003c\/b\u003e -- Peter Davidson * author of The Idea of the North *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEpic Continent sets out on a physical and mythological journey to uncover what it means to be European\u003c\/b\u003e * Geographical *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCompelling, thought-provoking, and courageous, this epic-poetic journey peels back layers of collective emotional and imaginative inheritance. Jubber gets under the skin of our complicated continent and his timing is dead right\u003c\/b\u003e * Kapka Kassabova *\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John Murray Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48739534831959,"sku":"9781473665804","price":12.34,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781473665804.jpg?v=1720052524","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/epic-continent-9781473665804","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}