Wheels Within Wheels: The Making of a Traveller (Paperback)

from reading_fox

Interesting, although it faded towards the end, an it might have helped if I'd known a bit more about Dervla's travel writing beforehand - as it becomes clear she is famous for having cycled to India in the 60s, which even though it's not detailed here, must have been quite a feat. Dervla is quit...

from kukulaj

This is the first book I've read by Dervla Murphy. She wrote quite a few before this one, so in that sense I am reading out of order. On the other hand, this book deals with the first 30 or so years of her life, up to her first big trip to India. Of course the India book is very famous and most f...

from nandadevi

I've had a few of Dervla Murphy's travel books for some years and never got around to reading them. There was something about an Irish woman riding around the world on a bicycle that seemed a little too contrived for my taste. Having read this searing (perhaps the best word) autobiography of her ...

from nandadevi

I've had a few of Dervla Murphy's travel books for some years and never got around to reading them. There was something about an Irish woman riding around the world on a bicycle that seemed a little too contrived for my taste. Having read this searing (perhaps the best word) autobiography of her ...