Selina Hastings

The nervous passenger who became one of our great travel writers

A review of Pleasures and Landscapes, by Sybille Bedford. Bedford journeyed through Italy, Switzerland, France, Denmark, Portugal and Yugoslavia and vividly noted the postwar evolution of Europe

Lake Lucerne Photo: Davide Seddo/Getty
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  • Pleasures and Landscapes

    Sybille Bedford

    Daunt Books, pp. 176

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