Great Expeditions

‘Hearing of this title my heart sunk a little, a book filled with (mostly) Victorian moustache twiddling tales of derring do – or so I thought – how wrong can you be? Instead the word journey has been interpreted in its broadest sense.’ – Sue Baker (Love Reading) Voted as October 2016 Non-Fiction Book of the Month.

‘If you want some journey inspiration…’ – Levison Wood

Mark Steward has worked in publishing for 20 years — 17 of those with HarperCollins UK in Glasgow. Now freelance, he continues to work as a project manager, photographer, designer, editor and author of a wide variety of titles, many of which are geographically themed. These have included managing and editing UNESCO’s The World’s Heritage and Memory of the World, Collins’ Mapping the Second World War, The Times Atlas of London and Canadian Geographic’s Atlas of Canada. He currently lives in Stirling, Scotland, but, whenever possible, spends his free time in the Haute-Savoie region of France on hiking and photography trips. Mark has a degree in Geography from the University of St. Andrews in Scotland and a post-graduate diploma in Cartography from the University of Glasgow.

Alan Greenwood has held senior editorial roles at newspapers across the United Kingdom including The Scotsman and the Birmingham Post. He is a former editor of the Helensburgh Advertiser and the scotsman.com website. Great Expeditions was his first book. He is currently a partner in a public relations firm based in Dunblane, Scotland, which specialises in renewable energy development. He lives in Perthshire with his wife and two daughters and plays rugby for Bannockburn RFC.