Philip Marsden is the author of A Far Country: Travels in Ethiopia, The Crossing Place: Among the Armenians (which won the Somerset Maugham Award) , The Bronski House: A Return to the Borderlands and The Spirit Wrestlers: A Russian Journey. He is the editor of The Spectator Book of Travel Writing.
The Bronski House: 'The book I've most savoured this year. Marsden has a dazzling gift for poetic evocation' John Fowles, Spectator 'Marsden's intelligence and tact and the vividness of his imagination put him in a very high class of European writers' Peter Levi, Good Book Guide 'Magnificent. A Polish Wild Swans meets Dr Zhivago' William Dalrymple, Sunday Times The Spirit Wrestlers: 'He has painted a picture which can only leave us aghast with wonder' Teresa Waugh, Literary Review 'A fascinating, horrifying and inspiring journey - praise seems scant reward for his efforts. The man deserves a medal' Harry Ritchie, Mail on Sunday
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