Travels With a Primate [Idioma Inglés] - Softcover

The full humour of Terry Waite comes through in this entertaining collection of true life travels with the Archbishop of Canterbury, Robert Runcie.

In contrast to his earlier bestseller TAKEN ON TRUST, this amusing new book shows another side to the man who was a hostage in Beirut for five years. Yet it retains his carefully written prose and powers of description.

In Lagos Terry Waite had to stop an official motorcade in order to lean out of the Archbishop’s car to be sick. In Scotland, Waite is recognised on the street by a passer by, but the Archbishop, dressed in open-neck shirt, is not. “Come and have a wee dram and bring your friend along too.”

Every story amuses, and in doing so the ancient Episcopalian Church of England is revealed in a new light. All too rarely does the Church laugh at itself. Here is a Christmas book for the very widest of audiences.

From darkest Africa to the darker and infinitely wetter birthplace of John Knox, from the remote expanse of the Alaska Highway to parts of the Antipodes that even Bill Bryson could not reach, Terry Waite takes us on a guided tour across the globe 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 baled energetically in his wake.

'Travels with a Primate' is the hilarious and affectionate story of the trials and tribulations they encountered, and a delightful tribute to enduring friendship.

"A travelogue that is refreshingly irreverent and deeply human."
JAMES NAUGHTIE

"A great book for an inveterate traveller like myself. It solves the problem of jet lag – it kept me up laughing!"
GORDON RODDICK