A Slow Boat to Moscow
In the first part of the book the author takes an intriguing river journey from St Petersburg to Moscow. The characters and incidents encountered, both on and off the boat make this a memorable voyage and a funny and sometimes touching story.
Descriptions of the places visited and portraits of the people met are inter-laced with tales of a love-struck barmaid, the Russian Mafia and a mysterious coffin.
Part two of the book sees a return to Moscow where we journey to a beautiful convent that Napoleon tried to blow up, Tolstoy's House and the birthplace of the Russian doll. There is also a rather unexpected meeting with a Tasmanian Catholic priest...
Sample the first chapter
Read a review by Daphni Percival
Price £5.99
Other Titles
A Big Boat to Norway - A tale of fun, fjords and frolics with an author's-eye-view of the cities of Bergen, Trondheim and Stavanger, and encounters with a shrinking glacier, a pesky German lady and a large trout.
Odyssey in the Ukraine - A fascinating view of this former Soviet country that takes in the Golden city of Kiev, exotic Odessa and historic Sevastopol. The author visits an ancient Monastery where dead monks are stored on shelves, the site of the Charge of the Light Brigade and the summer palace of Tsar Nicholas and his wife Alexandra.
Volcanoes and Sirens - A wonderful tour around the bay of Naples where we follow the author around the streets of ancient Pompeii, up Mount Vesuvius, over to the beautiful Isle of Capri and down the drains in Sorrento.
Coming soon...
Prague Tales - The author visits this fast-changing city and visits places, some famous, some strange, but all fascinating and steeped in the incomparabe history and atmosphere of this old and unique Bohemian capital.
