In Ethiopia with a Mule

by Dervla Murphy

Book Overview

Dervla Murphy set out with her pack-mule Jock on a hazardous trek through Ethiopia's remote and hostile regions. Inspired by stories of Prester John and the Queen of Sheba, she hoped to find beauty,... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0006547982
• ISBN13: 9780006547983
• Release Date: January 1994
• Publisher: Not Avail
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.54 lbs.

Customer Reviews

An exciting story from an intrepid traveller

Dervla Murphy has to be one of the gutsiest travel writers around. Her exploits in this book include slipping down precipitous slopes and dangerously narrow paths dragging an unwilling loaded mule behind her, sleeping in flea and rat infested hovels, being robbed by armed brigands etc etc. Armchair travellers will just love it!