First Overland
London–Singapore by Land Rover
$23.99
- Paperback
304 pages
- Release Date
12 June 2026
Summary
Decades before Race Across the World, six friends made the epic journey from London to Singapore and back in two Land Rovers.
Why not? No-one had ever done it: one of the longest of all overland journeys, from the English Channel to Singapore. Several expeditions had tried. Some had reached the Persian deserts; a few, the Indian plains. But none had gone further: over the jungle-clad Assamese mountains, across northern Burma, to Thailand and …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781805265634 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1805265636 |
| Author: | Tim Slessor, Sir David Attenborough |
| Publisher: | C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd |
| Imprint: | C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 304 |
| Release Date: | 12 June 2026 |
| Weight: | 406g |
| Dimensions: | 28mm x 129mm x 198mm |
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Critics Review
‘Delightful … written with humour and beguiling gusto.’ * The Times Literary Supplement *
‘The best travel book I have ever read.’ * The Motor *
‘An epic and a classic.’ * Sir David Attenborough *
Tim Slessor
Tim Slessor was a British filmmaker, presenter, traveller, and author. He made documentaries for the BBC for nearly fifty years and won a prestigious Peabody Award for his journalism. He also authored More Than Cowboys: Travels Through the History of the American West.
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