The Roads to Santiago: The Medieval Pilgrim Routes Through France and Spain to Santiago de Compostela
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Review
Mr. Brabbs takes the reader on a photographic pilgrimage to the famed cathedral, following the routes from four traditional starting points of the journey in France, across the Pyrenees Mountains, during the Middle Ages. Along the way, he shows us what travelers today would see but also Christian landmarks, such as the fortified bridge over the Gave de Pau, that 14th century pilgrims would have been likely to encounter.The images and the unusual nature of the enterprise make it an appealing work. --Wall Street Journal
This is the essential companion for those who have made or intend to make this inspirational journey, not to mention those who prefer to participate in its pleasures and joys from the comfort of their armchairs. --Universe
Review
Derry Brabbs's celebration of the architecture and countryside along the route would make a great present for any past or prospective caminante.
About the Author
Derry Brabbs has written over 10 and provided photographs for over 30 books about the landscape and architectural heritage of Britain. Frances Lincoln will publish In the Footprints of Wainwright in autumn 2005.
Customer Reviews
Beautiful Memories of the Journey
At last: Here is a beautiful coffee-table photo book of the Camino. The color photos brought back many wonderful memories of my journey across Spain. A perfect gift for your beloved...
A Tour de Force
This book is a Tour de Force. I've known about it for a few months now, but didn't expect to ever see it, because of the price. Fortunately someone, knowing my desire to read all things on the Camino, arranged to have it appear as a Christmas gift.
This is a gorgeous book, sized for coffee table display, and full of color photos. Most coffee table books are full of pictures with a few lines of descriptive text. The text in The Roads to Santiago could stand on its own as a work on pilgrimage architecture and history. It clearly was an immense amount of work to write. I wish the authors or publishers had seen fit to mention how long it to complete.
The definitive work still in print on the Camino de Santiago is Gitlitz and Davidson The Pilgrimage Road to Santiago: The Complete Cultural Handbook. That work covers the architecture and history within the borders of Spain. Imagine Gitlitz and Davidson, in color, with bigger and better photos, including the four pilgrim routes through France, and you have some idea of The Roads to Santiago.
This four pound book is something I recommend to someone who has walked the Camino de Santiago, and is thirsty for more information. A few hours with this book and you will be thinking about booking a trip to France and starting down one of the French chemins.
Great impressions
Although you can find books of any kind about the now so popular roads to Santiago, this one adds value by its beautiful pictures and well written impressions that go along them.
Especially, if you didn't take a camera along your own camino, this book is an addition.
It brought quite some memories back to my mind.
And it makes me long for other roads.
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