{"title":"Books by Hugh Thomson","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"9780099558392","title":"The Green Road Into The Trees","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWINNER OF THE 2014 THWAITES WAINWRIGHT PRIZE\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn the past, Hugh Thomson has written acclaimed books about Peru, Mexico and the Indian Himalaya. Now he returns to the most exotic and foreign country of them all – his own. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWalking right across England, along ancient trackways and green grass roads, Hugh explores the way the country was and the way it is today: the legends, literature and natural world that define us, and the undercurrent of regret running throughout our history; what he calls ‘the unicorn disappearing into the trees’.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom coast-to-coast and through the heart of the countryside, he shows how older,forgotten cultures like the Celts, Saxons and Vikings lie much closer to the surface than we may think. It is a journey enriched and partly told by the characters he meets along the way. By taking it, Hugh casts unexpected light – and humour – on the way we live now.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56223627149685,"sku":"9780099558392","price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9780099558392_4375247b-6923-4785-a856-efb6f00a0188.jpg?v=1786011829"},{"product_id":"9780753822074","title":"Cochineal Red","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eImagine that all the great discoveries of Ancient Egypt had happened in the last few years...and you will have some conception of the great excitement over recent finds in Peru\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePeru wears its ancient cultures wrapped around in layers, like one of the mummified bodies so well preserved by the nitrates of its deserts. After his acclaimed book on the Incas, The White Rock, Hugh Thomson unwraps those layers to show how civilisation emerged so early and so spectacularly in this toughest and most arid of terrains.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMany of the extraordinary cultures of Ancient Peru, from the lines of Nasca to the temple-cult of Chavín, buried in the mountains, and the great pyramids of the coast, have only started to give up their secrets and antiquity in just the last few years. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHugh Thomson has been at the forefront of some of these discoveries himself, having made headlines with his work near Machu Picchu.  Now he takes the reader on a journey back from the world of the Incas to the first dawn of Andean civilisation, to give an immensely personal and accessible guide to the wonders that have been revealed.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56294667518325,"sku":"9780753822074","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9780753822074_620333ec-76e3-4a19-a01e-1b801385ffd7.jpg?v=1786015697"},{"product_id":"9780753813584","title":"The White Rock","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eOne man goes in search of the lost cities of the Amazon in the Inca heartland.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe lost cities of South America have always exercised a powerful hold on the popular imagination. The ruins of the Incas and other pre-Colombian civilisations are scattered over thousands of miles of still largely uncharted territory, particularly in the Eastern Andes, where the mountains fall away towards the Amazon.   \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTwenty-five years ago, Hugh Thomson set off into the cloud-forest on foot to find a ruin that had been carelessly lost again after its initial discovery. Into his history of the Inca Empire he weaves the story of his adventures as he travelled to the most remote Inca cities. It is also the story of the great explorers in whose footsteps he followed, such as Hiram Bingham and Gene Savoy.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56294716244341,"sku":"9780753813584","price":13.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9780753813584_4b1651fc-ed3e-430e-8939-82b5b3da4988.jpg?v=1786016473"},{"product_id":"9780753826942","title":"Tequila Oil","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Try this tequila oil, Hugito. Just as the alcohol hits your stomach, the chilli will as well and blow it back into your brain. It will take your head off.' Explorer Hugh Thomson takes on Mexico.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt's 1979, Hugh Thomson is eighteen, far from home, with time to kill - and on his way to Mexico. When a stranger tells him there's money to be made by driving a car over the US border to sell on the black market in Central America, Hugh decides to give it a go.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThrowing himself on the mercy of Mexicans he meets or crashes into, Hugh and his Oldsmobile 98 journey through the region, meeting their fate in the slums of Belize City.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThirty years on, Hugh returns - older but not necessarily wiser - to complete his journey.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56294724764021,"sku":"9780753826942","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9780753826942_e995d097-244d-47bf-9b10-f89bcee2e32c.jpg?v=1786015812"}],"url":"https:\/\/backstory.london\/collections\/author-hugh-thomson.oembed","provider":"Backstory","version":"1.0","type":"link"}