In 1983 Anne Mustoe, a busy and successful headmistress, looks out of a coach window in Rajasthan and sees a solitary man pedaling across the Desert. This is her fascinating and entertaining account of how two years later, aged 54, overweight, out of condition and wobbling on an unfamiliar bike, she set out from Westminster to follow a classical trail around the world accompanied by Alexander the Great, the occasional amorous waiter and a diary.
(Jenny Freeman - bwl 10 August 2001 ) |
