Dervla Murphy, author of the classic Full Tilt
Hilary Bradt picks Dervla Murphy, Irish travel writer who cycled to India and travelled the length of Ethiopia with a mule
At the age of 10 Dervla Murphy was given an atlas and a bicycle, and so began an adventurous life. Her account of a journey to India became a classic called Full Tilt but she also went to Cuba, Ethiopia and the Andes where our guest first met her in a doss house. Hilary Bradt is the founder of the Bradt Travel Guides and is picking Dervla Murphy as a great example of the adventurous female traveller, never afraid of a little hardship. Joining her in studio is Rose Baring who edited Dervla's last three books. A joyful episode which includes some excellent archive of Dervla Murphy plus the writer Antonia Quirke.
The producer for 蜜芽传媒 studios Audio in Bristol is Miles Warde
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