Books by Tom Parfitt
Tom Parfitt is author of the memoir, High Caucasus: A Mountain Quest in Russia’s Haunted Hinterland, the story of his one-thousand-mile walk from the Black sea to the Caspian. He worked for twenty years as a correspondent in Moscow for British newspapers and now lives in Norfolk.
“A dramatic 1000-mile hike through the mountainous north Caucasus, passing through seven Russian republics from the Black Sea to the Caspian. One of the key elements of this book is that Tom Parfitt, a longtime newspaper correspondent in Moscow, deftly weaves in his own experiences, including the trauma of covering the 2004 Beslan school siege in which more than 300 hostages died.” Read more...
The Best Travel Writing of 2024
Shafik Meghji, Travel Writer
Interviews with Tom Parfitt
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Black Ghosts: A Journey Into the Lives of Africans in China
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On the Shadow Tracks: A Journey through Occupied Myanmar
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Slow Trains to Istanbul: ...And Back: A 4,570-Mile Adventure on 55 Rides
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The Place of Tides
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Wayfarer: Love, loss and life on Britain’s ancient paths
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Wild Twin
by Jeff Young
The Best Travel Books of 2025, recommended by Tom Parfitt
The Best Travel Books of 2025, recommended by Tom Parfitt
Every year, the Edward Stanford Travel Writing Awards highlight the very best of recently published place writing, and select their ‘travel book of the year.’ We asked judge Tom Parfitt, the author and former foreign correspondent, to talk us through the six travel books that made the 2025 shortlist.
Interviews where books by Tom Parfitt were recommended
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A Stranger in Your Own City: Travels in the Middle East's Long War
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The Britannias: An Archipelago’s Tale
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The Gathering Place: A Winter Pilgrimage Through Changing Times
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The Granite Kingdom: A Cornish Journey
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Wounded Tigris: A River Journey Through the Cradle of Civilisation
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High Caucasus: A Mountain Quest in Russia’s Haunted Hinterland
by Tom Parfitt
The Best Travel Writing of 2024, recommended by Shafik Meghji
The Best Travel Writing of 2024, recommended by Shafik Meghji
Every spring, the judges of the Edward Stanford Travel Writing Awards draw up a shortlist for the title of the ‘travel book of the year.’ The 2024 shortlist highlights six fascinating recent travelogues that wrestle with political and environmental issues, and explore the contrast between the outsider and the insider gaze.
