A Short Walk in the Hindu KushA classic of travel writing, A Short Walk in the Hindu Kush is Eric Newby's iconic account of his journey through one of the most remote and beautiful wildernesses on earth.

After Culloden

Lauren and her father Niall live alone in the Highlands

he is defined not just by his wealth or his love for his illegitimate children

They've never managed to work together before

His mom was killed in a hit-and-run accident when he was ten

cutting them up and reordering

He was 20 years old and worked in the local hospital

It follows a logical progression from low clouds to high stratus clouds

As the King's ward

She openly wonders

local archaeologists are called in

jump aboard the opulent Orient Express