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PRAISE FOR SLOW TRAINS TO VENICE

'Like the trains he travels on, Tom Chesshyre meanders through Europe and the result is entertaining and enjoyable.'

Christian Wolmar, author of Blood, Iron and Gold: How the Railways Transformed the World

'At a time when European unity is fraying at an alarming rate, here comes Tom Chesshyre's travelogue to remind us of the virtues of connectedness. Better still, his explorations are made by train, and use the Continent's historic, unpredictable routes from the era before high-speed rail. A diverting and thought-provoking read.'

Simon Bradley, author of The Railways

'Meander through Europe in the excellent company of Tom Chesshyre, who relishes the joys of slow travel and seizes every opportunity that a journey presents: drifting as a flneur in Lille, following in the tracks of James Joyce in a literary exploration of Ljubljana, cosseted in luxury on a trans-Ukrainian express, all decorated with a wealth of detail and intrigue.

As Tom discovers, it's not just Brexit Britain the whole Continent is in disarray. But at least Europe's railways still bind us together.'

Simon Calder, The Independent

'One of the most engaging and enterprising of today's travel writers, Chesshyre has an eye ever-alert for telling detail and balances the romance of train travel with its sometimes-challenging realities but for all its good humour, the book impresses as a poignant elegy for the Europe which Britain once embraced.'

Stephen McClarence, travel writer, The Daily Telegraph and The Times

'An engaging picaresque series of encounters and reflections on Europe as many of its countries struggle to find common ground amid the populist reaction to its dilemmas.'

Anthony Lambert, author of Lost Railway Journeys from Around the World

'Beethoven with attitude, masochism in Lviv, the smell of cigarettes in the corridor, adventurous great aunts who travelled on the roofs of crowded trains, Carniolan pork-garlic sausage, Jimi Hendrix in the Slovene Ethnographic Museum and, of course, the 13:49 from Wrocaw. Tom Chesshyre pays homage to a Europe that we are leaving behind and perhaps never understood. Che bella corsa! He is the master of slow locomotion.'

Roger Boyes, The Times

'Far from being just another train travelogue, Slow Trains to Venice combines reports from a Europe on the brink of major change with amusing vignettes An essential read.'

Tom Otley, editor of Business Traveller magazine

PRAISE FOR FROM SOURCE TO SEA

'An enjoyable refuge from everyday life'.

Clive Aslet, The Times

'Chesshyre's book stands out from other accounts of walking the Thames Path in its contemporary (post-Brexit, pre-Trump) immediacy. A portrait of England and the English in our time, it is peppered with fascinating historical and literary markers. It's also a usefully opinionated guide to watering-holes and B&Bs from the sleepy Cotswold villages to the dystopian edgelands of the estuary.'

Christina Hardyment, author of Writing the Thames

'Chesshyre's journey is rich in history and thick with characters, fables and happenstance a highly readable and entertaining saunter along England's iconic river.'

Christopher Somerville, author of Britain's Best Walks

'I found myself quickly falling into step beside Tom Chesshyre, charmed by his amiable meanderings, pointed observations and meetings with strangers along the way... but most of all Chesshyre champions the joys of a good walk through fascinating surroundings with beer and blisters at the end of the day.'

Fergus Collins, BBC Countryfile Magazine

'Readers should perhaps prepare themselves for a whole new wave of Whither England? type books in the months and years ahead, and Chesshyre's is a not unwelcome early attempt to answer that seemingly urgent question.'

Ian Sansom, The Times Literary Supplement

PRAISE FOR TICKET TO RIDE

'Trains, dry wit, evocative descriptions, fascinating people and more trains what's not to like?'

Christian Wolmar, author of Blood, Iron and Gold: How the Railways Transformed the World

'This is an engaging, enjoyable and warm-hearted book that will appeal as much to general readers as to lovers of trains.'

Simon Bradley, author of The Railways: Nation, Network and People

'Like mini-odysseys, Chesshyre's railway journeys are by turns gentle and awesome, and full of surprises.'

John Gimlette, author of Elephant Complex: Travels in Sri Lanka

'Funny and illuminating from Crewe to Korea, Ticket to Ride is a hugely entertaining account of the author's travels on the rails the world over chance encounters fly like sparks.'

Sara Wheeler, author of The Magnetic North

PRAISE FOR TALES FROM THE FAST TRAINS

'Compulsory reading.'

Mark Smith, The Man in Seat 61

'Transforms seemingly unsurprising familiar territory whether the Eurostar terminal at St Pancras or the cities of Frankfurt and Antwerp into the stage for insights and adventures.'

Dea Birkett, author of Serpent in Paradise

'If you've "done" Paris and Bruges and are wondering, "Where next?", then this may be a quiet revolution.'

Andrew Marr

'Splendid 21st-century railway adventure. At last this IS the age of train.'

Simon Calder, The Independent

PRAISE FOR TO HULL AND BACK

'Tom Chesshyre celebrates the UK... discovering pleasure in the unregarded wonders of the "unfashionable underbelly" of Britain. The moral, of course, is that heaven is where you find it.'

Frank Barrett, The Mail on Sunday

'You warm to Chesshyre, whose cultural references intelligently inform his postcards from locations less travelled.'

Iain Finlayson, The Times

PRAISE FOR HOW LOW CAN YOU GO?

'Highly readable Bill Bryson-esque travel writing.'

Clover Stroud, The Sunday Telegraph

'A hilarious record of a low-cost odyssey around the least salubrious corners of Europe.'

Celia Brayfield, The Times

PRAISE FOR A TOURIST IN THE ARAB SPRING

'This witty, perceptive book provides a fascinating read for lovers of thoughtful, imaginative and well-written travel literature.'

Frank Barrett, The Mail on Sunday

'A charming travel companion, entertaining and engaging.'

The Times Literary Supplement

PRAISE FOR GATECRASHING PARADISE

'Chesshyre, one of the most dependably interesting modern travel writers, explores the offbeat atolls of this sinking archipelago.'

Wanderlust

'It should be mandatory reading for all visitors [to the Maldives].'

Francisca Kellett, Tatler

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