2010, ISBN: 9781906011406

A first-hand account of the life of travel writer Dervla Murphy in which she tells of her early life in Lismore, Co. Waterford, in her rather unusual household. Her father was the county … More...

A first-hand account of the life of travel writer Dervla Murphy in which she tells of her early life in Lismore, Co. Waterford, in her rather unusual household. Her father was the county librarian and her mother a chronic invalid. An only child, Dervla was allowed from the age of seven to freely roam on her own. At ten, she cycled ten miles to a local mountain, climbed it, then lost herself on the way down, and was forced to stay out all night - much to the distress of her parents. Living in a house that was crumbling around their ears, she reveals how her family hid a Republican who was later hanged, how she tested herself (with hot water) to increase her pain threshold, how she avoided an insane and shrieking maid, who was convinced that Dervla's parents were fried eggs, and how she helped another maid give birth under the kitchen table. An early love of books and writing, led her to enter a writing competition arranged by a local newspaper, and she won first prize for five weeks in a row. Books Dervla Murphy|Paperback|Eland Publishing Ltd|18/01/2010, Eland Publishing Ltd<

2010, ISBN: 1906011400

[EAN: 9781906011406], Neubuch, [PU: Eland Publishing Ltd, London], Paperback. The Makings of a Traveller. In this beautifully written and searingly honest autobiography, the intrepid cycl… More...

[EAN: 9781906011406], Neubuch, [PU: Eland Publishing Ltd, London], Paperback. The Makings of a Traveller. In this beautifully written and searingly honest autobiography, the intrepid cyclist and traveler Dervla Murphy remembers her richly unconventional first thirty years. She describes her determined childhood self - strong-willed and beguiled by books from the first - her intermittent formal education and the intense relationship of an only child with her parents, particularly her invalid mother, whom she nursed until her death. Bicycling fifty miles in a day at the age of eleven, alone, it seems only natural that her first major journey should have been to cycle to India. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability., Books<

ISBN: 9781906011406

Paperback, [PU: Eland Publishing Ltd], Traveler Dervla Murphy recalls her unconventional first thirty years of life, including her bicycle trek from Dunkirk to India., Autobiography: Gene… More...

Paperback, [PU: Eland Publishing Ltd], Traveler Dervla Murphy recalls her unconventional first thirty years of life, including her bicycle trek from Dunkirk to India., Autobiography: General, Biography: Literary, Memoirs, Travel Writing<

2010, ISBN: 1906011400

[EAN: 9781906011406], Neubuch, [PU: Eland Books], Books