I’m sure that this book – and the account of his Arabian journey – will confirm Michael Palin’s observation that Levison Wood has 'breathed new life into adventure travel'.Over the next days the shore alternated between dense swamp and pristine beaches where more landing sites like Kasansero had grown up. Hodder & Stoughton non-fiction publisher Rupert Lancaster said: ' Eastern Horizons is a true traveller’s tale in the tradition of the best of the genre. The Arabian expedition is something I’ve wanted to do for many years, following in the footsteps of great explorers such as Lawrence of Arabia and Wilfred Thesiger, but also to see how the region has changed and examine the stories we don't often see in the media.”

Eastern Horizons is very special to me because it was the first time I’d made a journey on that scale and I learned so much. Wood said: “I’m delighted to be working with the great team at Hodder & Stoughton on two new books. The expedition is touted as 'his most complex yet', taking Wood through 'some of the harshest yet most beautiful environments on earth' while challenging perceptions of an 'often misunderstood' part of the world. It is called Easter Horizons: Hitchhiking the Silk Road, and will publish in November.įor the second book in the contract, Wood will be travelling around the Arabian Peninsula for a book provisionally entitled An Arabian Journey, publishing in autumn 2018. The first book in the deal is an account of hitchhiking in his early twenties from England to India through Russia, Iran, Afghanistan and Pakistan.

World rights in the two new books were acquired from Jo Cantello at Wolfsong Media. Wood is the winner of the Edward Stanford Adventure Travel Book of the Year Award and author of Walking the Nile, Walking the Himalayas and Walking the Americas, the treks for which also made him the star of several documentaries with Channel 4. Explorer Levison Wood is publishing two more books with Hodder & Stoughton.

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