Michael Palin reads the incredible story of his first round-the-world adventure
In the autumn of 1988 Michael Palin set out from the Reform Club with an ambitious plan: to circumnavigate the world, following the route taken by Jules Verne's fictional hero Phileas Fogg 115 years earlier.
The rules were simple. He had to make the journey in eighty days using only forms of transport that would have been available to Fogg. And so, complete with visas, running shoes, an inflatable globe and sound advice from Alan Whicker , Michael Palin began his incredible journey.
Crossing seventeen borders and meeting innumerable challenges, he saw Venice from the back of a rubbish barge, rode around the Pyramids on a camel called Michael, and was attacked by a cockatoo in Hong Kong - these amongst many other adventures.
Phileas Fogg may have brought a Princess back from his travels, but Michael Palin brought back a fascinating and frequently humorous account of the journey of a lifetime.
Written By : Michael Palin
Performed By : Michael Palin
BBC Audiobooks Ltd
Duration : 7 hours 30 minutes
Type : Adventurers & Explorers TV & Film Biographical British TV
Our Price : $31.25
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Written By : Various
Performed By : Full Cast Production
BBC Audiobooks Ltd
Duration : 3 hours 5 minutes
Type : TV British Thrillers Action & Adventure
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Written By : Ray Galton and Alan Simpson
Performed By : Various
BBC Audiobooks Ltd
Duration : 2 hours
Type : Humor British TV Comedy
Our Price : $18.49
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Written By : BBC Audiobooks
Performed By : Original Soundtrack
BBC Audiobooks Ltd
Duration : 2 hours 25 minutes
Type : Sci-Fi British TV Drama
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Written By : Pete McCarthy
Narrated By : Pete McCarthy
Hodder & Stoughton Audiobooks
Length : 2 hours
Type : Autobiography Biographical Travel
Price : $16.75
The audio of the million-selling book - Pete McCarthy's hilarious journey in search of his Irish roots.
McCarthy's tale of his hilarious trip around Ireland has gained thousands of fans all over the world.
Pete was born in Warrington to an Irish mother and an English father and spent happy summer holidays in Cork. Years later, reflecting on the many places he has visited as a travel broadcaster, Pete admits that he feels more at home in Ireland than anywhere. To find out whether this is due to rose-coloured spectacles or to a deeper tie with the country of his ancestors, Pete sets off on a trip around Ireland and discovers that it has changed in surprising ways.
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