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Travels with a Primate: Around the World with Robert Runcie

Travels with a Primate: Around the World with Robert Runcie

by TerryWaite (Author)

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`A travelogue that is refreshingly irreverent and deeply human.' James Naughtie `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.' Library Journal 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 guided world tour in the company of Dr Robert Runcie. Even an archbishop has little control over wars and missed connections, floods and food poisoning. But this Primate sailed majestically through the most troubled of waters, as his companions (including Chaplain Richard Chartres) baled energetically in his wake. Hilarious and affectionate, Travels with a Primate offers an unashamedly nostalgic return to the 1980s. It is a delightful tribute to enduring friendship.

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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 208
 Edition: Reprint
 Publisher: SPCK Publishing
Published: 21 Feb 2019
ISBN 10: 0281080569
ISBN 13: 9780281080564

Media Reviews
A travelogue that is refreshingly irreverent and deeply human', James Naughtie;'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', 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 poet;'Terry Waite's saunter through solitude is wide ranging, original, well written and (best of all) companionable.', Martin Bell OBE, UNICEF ambassador and former war reporter;'Out 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, composer;'A record of a unique sensibility.', Joan Bakewell, DBE, writer and broadcaster;'Taken 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
Author Bio
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.