'Aunt Augusta'

The Lunatic Express

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October 6th 2007
In Graham Greene’s “Travels with My Aunt”, Henry, a retired bank manager, sets off with his favourite ‘spinster’ aunt on a series of exotic travel adventures. Henry, rescued from suburbia, is challenged by Aunt Augusta’s eccentric ways, which include cannabis growing, ex-lovers in all corners of the world, and an undimmed spirit of adventure. This was the 1960s, so the book turns the ... read more

Europe » Russia » Northwest » Moscow

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Founded in the 12th century, the Principality of Muscovy, was able to emerge from over 200 years of Mongol domination (13th-15th centuries) and to gradually conquer and absorb surrounding principalities. In the early 17th century, a new Romanov Dynas... ... read more