
Travels with a Primate
around the world with robert runcie
$33.36
- Paperback
220 pages
- Release Date
20 February 2019
Summary
‘This is Terry as he really is - wise and funny. A good book from a big man. If only he could be the Primate.’
John Sergeant
‘A travelogue that is refreshingly irreverent and deeply human.’
James Naughtie
From darkest Africa to the darker and infinitely wetter birthplace of John Knox, from the remote expanse of the Alaska Highway to part of the Antipodes that even Bill Bryson could not reach, Terry Waite takes us on a gu…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780281080564 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0281080569 |
| Author: | Terry Waite |
| Publisher: | SPCK Publishing |
| Imprint: | SPCK Publishing |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 220 |
| Release Date: | 20 February 2019 |
| Weight: | 238g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 129mm |
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Critics Review
What makes this book so enjoyable is that the great friendship, affection, and respect that Waite and the Archbishop have for each other really shines throughout each tale
This is Terry as he really is — wise and funny. A good book from a big man. If only he could be the Primate. – John SergeantA travelogue that is refreshingly irreverent and deeply human – James NaughtieWhat makes this book so enjoyable is that the great friendship, affection, and respect that Waite and the Archbishop have for each other really shines throughout each tale * Library Journal *Solitude (SPCK, 2017): Terry Waite takes the reader deep into other worlds, both geographical and psychological, from which they will emerge enlightened and spiritually enriched. – Ranulph Fiennes OBE, explorer, writer and poetTerry Waite’s saunter through solitude is wide ranging, original, well written and (best of all) companionable. – Martin Bell OBE, UNICEF ambassador and former war reporterA record of a unique sensibility. – Joan Bakewell, DBE, writer and broadcasterOut of the Silence (SPCK, 2016): A remarkable book by a remarkable man … Peace would universally reign if the world were full of people like Terry Waite. – Karl Jenkins CBE, composerTaken on Trust (Hodder, 1993, 2016): No regrets. No sentimentality. No self-pity. Many times in the years ahead Waite found it almost impossible to keep those resolutions. But he did, as anyone who reads this book must attest, in quite magnificent fashion. – Sandy Gall * Sunday Express *… his memoirs create a new mystery: where did he learn to write so well? – Richard Heller * Mail on Sunday *A remarkable story of physical humiliation, survival and release. – Anthony Clare * Sunday Times *
About The Author
Terry Waite
TERRY WAITE CBE was Advisor to the Archbishop of Canterbury from 1980 to 1992. He is the author of Taken on Trust, Solitude and Out of the Silence, a co-founder of Hostage UK and Y Care International, and president of Emmaus UK.LORD RUNCIE OF CUDDESDON was Archbishop of Canterbury from 1980 to 1991. He died in July 2000.
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