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In the Footsteps of Bruce Chatwin

Nicholas Shakespeare

Paul Yule

In the Footsteps of Bruce Chatwin: Episode 1

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Nicholas Shakespeare examines the life and work of travel writer/novelist Bruce Chatwin.

A re-appraisal of the life and work of travel writer and novelist Bruce Chatwin, as his biographer Nicholas Shakespeare reveals where his fiction meets the truth of his life.

A major re-appraisal of the life and work of travel writer and novelist Bruce Chatwin. A highly charismatic and contradictory character, books like In Patagonia changed the nature of travel writing. 

Nicholas Shakespeare journeys the five continents in Chatwin's footsteps, revealing where his fiction meets the truth of his life. Featuring contributions from the real-life characters of Chatwin's novels, plus his wife Elizabeth, Salman Rushdie, Colin Thubron, Robert Erskine and Francis Wyndham.

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A major re-appraisal of the life and work of travel writer and novelist Bruce Chatwin

An appraisal of travel writer and novelist Bruce Chatwin. Nicholas Shakespeare journeys the five continents in Chatwin's footsteps, revealing where his fiction meets the truth of his life

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