Selected as one of NPR's Best Books of 2019 Selected by National Geographic as one of 12 great books for travelers this holiday season 'The prose is colourful and vigorous .
Jubber's journeying has indeed been epic, in scale and in ambition.
In this thoughtful travelogue he has woven together colourful ancient and modern threads into a European tapestry that combines the sombre and the sparkling' Spe.