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The Great Tours: England, Scotland, and Wales
- Narrated by: Patrick N. Allitt
- Length: 17 hrs and 56 mins
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The Great Tours: England, Scotland, and Wales
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Publisher's Summary
Whether you are searching for the past or want to better understand the world as it is today, travel - even virtually, from the comfort of home - offers a unique opportunity to see the world in new ways.
Wander the streets of cosmopolitan London, roam the 1,000-year-old campuses of Oxford and Cambridge, or tour world-famous museums like the Tate Modern and the National Railway Museum. Or maybe you are aiming for a more pastoral adventure, like an expedition across the romantic wilds of the Scottish Highlands or a journey to see the breathtaking vistas of the Jurassic coast. No matter what experience you are hoping to find, a tour of England, Scotland, and Wales rewards visitors with an astonishing array of historical, cultural, and scenic pleasures and reveals the heritage of a region that has influenced the world immeasurably.
But where should a would-be tourist start? Which are the truly must-see places? And where are the hidden gems that your average guidebook might omit? In other words, how do you get the most out of a tour through this magnificent island?
The Great Tours: England, Scotland, and Wales is just the source you need! Taught by acclaimed Professor Patrick Allitt, a British-born scholar who teaches at Emory University, these 36 splendid lectures give you an insider’s take on traveling through Great Britain. Whether you are planning a week-long vacation, a month-long grand tour, or just want to experience England, Scotland, and Wales from afar, this immersive course takes you on a voyage through not only the most popular tourist sites but also a trove of “hidden gems” overlooked by the traditional guidebooks.
Visually dazzling to help you see - and hear - the cosmopolitan cities and the breathtaking countryside, The Great Tours: England, Scotland, and Wales packs a punch for the insight it offers into this small island that has had an outsized influence on the world’s stage.
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- Sarah
- 12-04-2020
A great way to travel during Lockdown!
Really felt like I was touring around Britain :) I would then use Google Earth to look up places mentioned and/or described in the course and view images of them, getting lost in the virtual tour!
Given that here in New Zealand we are Locked Down and grounded from travelling at all at the moment, this book was a really great way to escape to the other side of the world ;)
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- Sarah Cook
- 27-04-2022
Enjoyable and thorough
Enjoyable and thorough. Lots of new ideas for travel destinations, and it was even lovely revisiting the places I've already seen.
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- Kirsty
- 10-05-2019
The Ladybird Guide to Holidaying in Britain?
I have other of Prof Allitt's Great Courses and enjoyed them and have got a lot out of them. However this appears to be squarely aimed at the American college student, is delivered in avuncular tones to make Britain sound like paradise on earth, in fact he says almost as much in his final summing up.
Britain IS probably better for most than it was in 1921 when Prof Allitt's father was born but things are not improving for many, many of the population. I may have missed the concerns about the rising knife crime in the capital and beyond, the fall of living standards of people unable to work, the forced return to homelands they never knew of the Windrush generation, the falling apart of the health system, the dysfunctional government and the hate speech which has become mainstream in both social and tabloid media.
But I guess none of that matters: like ProfessorAllitt the tourist can leave a Bed and Breakfast replete with the fully fried English, Scots or Welsh breakfast, take in another well or little known historical spot he has featured, and comfortably reflect on the country's past as he portrays it. Let's hope these tourists never have to experience Britain's other, darker present.
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