RORY STEWART is the best-selling author of The Places in Between and The Prince of the Marshes. A former director of the Carr Centre for Human Rights Policy and Ryan Professor of Human Rights at Harvard's Kennedy School of Government, he was awarded the Order of the British Empire for services in Iraq. He is the Conservative member of Parliament for Penrith and The Border, a constituency in Northern Cumbria, where he lives with his wife.
PRAISE FOR THE PLACES IN BETWEEN
"A striding, glorious book . . . Learned but gentle, tough but
humane, Stewart . . . writes with a mystic's appreciation of the
natural world, a novelist's sense of character and a comedian's
sense of timing . . . A flat-out masterpiece . . . The Places in
Between is, in very nearly every sense, too good to be true."--The
New York Times Book Review "A splendid tale that is by turns wryly
humorous, intensely observant, and humanely
unsentimental."--Christian Science Monitor "Stupendous . . . an
instant travel classic."--Entertainment Weekly "Stewart's 36-day
walk across Afghanistan, starting just weeks after the fall of the
Taliban, sets a new standard for cool nerve and hot determination .
. . His description of the landscapes he traverses makes you feel
you're accompanying him through a shifting, sculpted painting . . .
Sublimely written."--The Seattle Times "Stunning . . . That he has
written a remarkable memoir of his trek might contribute greatly
not only to our reading pleasure, but to our understanding of
Afghanistan in the 21st century . . . The Places in Between
effectively depicts the spectacularly stark landscape, the utter
poverty and the devastation of decades of war. But far more
interesting are the men . . . Stewart met along the way." --The
Plain Dealer --
PRAISE FOR THE PLACES IN BETWEEN
"A striding,
glorious book . . . Learned but gentle, tough but humane, Stewart .
. . writes with a mystic's appreciation of the natural world, a
novelist's sense of character and a comedian's sense of timing . .
. A flat-out masterpiece . . . The Places in Between is,
in very nearly every sense, too good to be true."--The New York
Times Book Review "A splendid tale that is by turns wryly
humorous, intensely observant, and humanely
unsentimental."--Christian Science Monitor "Stupendous . .
. an instant travel classic."--Entertainment Weekly
"Stewart's 36-day walk across Afghanistan, starting just weeks
after the fall of the Taliban, sets a new standard for cool nerve
and hot determination . . . His description of the landscapes he
traverses makes you feel you're accompanying him through a
shifting, sculpted painting . . . Sublimely written."--The
Seattle Times "Stunning . . . That he has written a remarkable
memoir of his trek might contribute greatly not only to our reading
pleasure, but to our understanding of Afghanistan in the 21st
century . . . The Places in Between effectively depicts
the spectacularly stark landscape, the utter poverty and the
devastation of decades of war. But far more interesting are the men
. . . Stewart met along the way." --The Plain Dealer
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