Madrid Hotels: Step Inside A Famous Book
Avid readers and fans of good literature will surely have celebrated National Storytelling Week, which started at the end of January. London has been the setting for many classic books such as Dickens’ ‘Oliver Twist’.
If you’re a fan of classic books then you’ll be able to find the locations of your favourite scenes in many great cities. Many people come and stay at Madrid hotels to discover for themselves the city and surrounding countryside, which inspired such classics as Don Quixote. {Madrid is the setting for Ernest Hemingway’s classic ‘Death in the Afternoon’ which is all about the tradition and ceremony of the art of bullfighting}.
Book into one of the Edinburgh hotels to explore literature based around the city. Many famous writers including Robert Louis Stevenson and Sir Walter Scott lived and worked in Edinburgh. The most famous Edinburgh story of all though is the endearing one of Greyfriars Bobby, the love of a small Skye terrier for his master. The second of the ‘Sunday Philosophy Club’ set of novels by Alexander McCall Smith was based in modern day Edinburgh and Ian Rankin’s Inspector Rebus concentrates on the streets and lanes of Edinburgh, that Rankin knows so well. Those who are fans of Irvine Welsh, the author of ‘Trainspotting’, will note many locations in the city which featured in his books. J K Rowling also took to the cafes and hotels of Edinburgh to create the magical tales of Harry Potter which made her a global success.
Alternatively, travel to France’s capital, book one of the quaint Paris hotels and immerse yourself in the worlds created by great writers like Victor Hugo, who set ‘Les Miserables’ here. Other notable writers who lived – and based their novels – in Paris are the genius authors Edgar Allen Poe and George Orwell.
Chapter 30 – Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson
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Follow Me, Boys! $2.99 Heartwarming Disney tale stars Fred MacMurray as a travelling musician who dreams of becoming a lawyer. After settling in a sleepy small town, he decides to become a scoutmaster for a newly formed Boy Scouts troop. As MacMurray leads the youths, he decides to put aside his career plans and instead focus on helping his community. With Vera Miles, Lillian Gish, David Bailey. 133 min. Standard; Sound… |
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Hondo (Full Screen) $3.92 Although scarcely seen in its original 3-D, and entirely out of sight for a decade and a half after its producer-star died, Hondo has maintained a high rep among John Wayne fans–and it wasn’t even directed by Howard Hawks or John Ford. (Actually, Ford did shoot some second-unit stuff while visiting Wayne on location.) Half-breed Hondo, companioned only by an antisocial dog, tends to be more sympa… |
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Treasure Island $14.93 The Champ co-stars Wallace Beery and Jackie Cooper reunited for the first sound filming of Robert Louis Stevenson’s timeless tale. Cooper is young Jim Hawkins, who sets sail on board the Hispaniola with a map pointing the way to hidden treasure. But when the ship’s cook turns out to be Long John Silver (Beery), Hawkins finds himself caught up in the infamous pirate’s mutinous plot to steal the loo… |
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Northwest Passage [VHS] $19.98 One is compelled to say, in these Politically Correct times, that Northwest Passage takes a distinctly “unenlightened” view of the 18th-century American colonists’ Indian neighbors. Then again, everything about the world portrayed in this early-Technicolor production is harsh: the repressive policies of the Crown-backed Boston magistrates, the expectations Maj. Robert Rogers (Spencer Tracy) has fo… |
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Treasure Island [VHS] $9.98 A tale about a fatherless boy finding dramatically different father figures throughout a remarkable adventure, Treasure Island is an entertaining coming-of-age story, with themes of family, loyalty, friendship, trust, and honesty at its core. While Robert Louis Stevenson’s classic adventure tale is popular film fare, it’s never been done this well. Charlton Heston stars as Long John Silver and C… |
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Treasure Island (Walt Disney Film Classics) (The Fantastic Adventure Series) [VHS] $9.99 Strap on your pantaloons and prepare to travel with Jim Hawkins and Blind Pew to one of the most famous fictional islands in history. Walt Disney’s 1950 adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson’s swashbuckling masterpiece has held up extremely well, with action and characterizations that feel freshly minted (although it’s unlikely that the Mouse of today would sanction the high level of booze flowing… |
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Charlotte’s Web (2006) $2.99 … |
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Roots (Four-Disc 30th Anniversary Edition) $18.97 From the moment the young Kunta Kinte (LeVar Burton) is stolen from his life and ancestral home in 18th-century Africa and brought under inhumane conditions to be auctioned as a slave in America, a line is begun that leads from this most shameful chapter in U.S. history to the 20th-century author Alex Haley, a Kinte descendant. The late Haley’s acclaimed book Roots was adapted into this six-volume… |
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The Muppets Take Manhattan $3.98 Features include: •MPAA Rating: G•Format: DVD•Runtime: 94 minutes… |
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Kidnapped $21.69 Robert Louis Stevenson’s exciting saga of a young man’s quest for his rightful inheritance bursts upon the screen in this faithful Disney adaptation. Award-winning actor Peter Finch stars as the daring rebel, Alan Breck, who joins forces with young David Balfour (James MacArthur) to do battle with scurvy sea dogs and ruthless Redcoats. A strong supporting cast features the memorable screen debut o… |