Paris to the Pyrenees: From a Traveler’s Notebooks, post 1 Paris Prelude: Reasons Why These blog posts are taken directly from my notebooks. They…
The life and times of critically acclaimed author David Downie in Paris and Rome, France and Italy.
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November is a busy month: on the 5th there's the release of my thriller Paris City of Night as an e-book by Pegasus, then on…
Please come to the latest event to mark the publication of my travel adventure-memoir, Paris to the Pyrenees: A Skeptic Pilgrim Walks the Way…
Bagatelle: Racy Sphinx, circa 1777 In Paris, in the spring, chill rhymes with thrill–or is it the other way around? Right now it's about…
We’re still on book tour for Paris to the Pyrenees, just arrived in the Bay Area, where it’s scorching hot in more ways than one.…
Updated May 2, 2013: exciting new radio-book event added to schedule! See below!! Please come to one of the many events organized on…
“An entertaining read… fabulous company!”—Jacki Lyden, NPR All Things Considered Friends, family and others not yet known to this writer were stunned yesterday, Sunday,…
The other day Alison and I walked the pilgrimage route — Rue Saint Jacques — across Paris again, this time with cameras and tape recorders…
Anyone who thinks the modern French are not still obsessed by the tragiheroic figure of Vercingetorix ought to think again. This is the guy who…
It's not often that I share a lede and link to a review of one of my books, but this one is so outstanding…
If you've been following this blog you know that when Alison Harris and I set out to cross France we started in Vezelay (well,…
Longitude Books is a specialized site with just about every book ever published in the field of travel, including historical accounts such as my…