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Walter Starkie.
The Road to Santiago: Pilgrims of St. James.
Published London: John Murray, 2003 reissue (previously issued 1957).
ISBN 0719563372.
ISBN-13: 9780719563379.
Binding: paperback, perfect bound.
Printer: Clays Ltd, St. Ives plc.
Size: 127×196×19mm.
Page count: xii,340pp.
Main language: English.
Overall condition fair: this copy has some noticeable creasing on its covers, with the corners curled and starting to fray; the spine is a bit rubbed and chipped at the edges, but not otherwise creased from reading; pages yellowed with age, some light foxing on the edges, otherwise looks in reasonable order internally, text appears to be free of marking.

This item £8.00
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Weight without packaging: 254g.

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“Part travel, part history, part autobiography, The Road to Santiago describes Walter Starkie’s pilgrimages to St. James of Compostella — accompanied often by the music of his fiddle.”

Contents: Part 1 - Early pilgrims;
Part 2 - A modern pilgrim: The four French roads of St.  James; Cradle of the Kingdom of Aragon; Gypsy pilgrims on the road of St. James; On the road; Puenta la Reina & Lenten carousal; St. Millán of the Cowl & his minstrel; Burgos; Asturian deviation; The road through Bierzo & Galicia; The star-paved city.

Illustrations: no
Maps & plans: 2

Notes: at foot of page
Tables: no
Genealogies: no
Chronology: no
Glossary: no
Bibliography: no
Index: yes

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