On foot the world comes our way。 We get close to the Continent's alpine ranges， arterial rivers， expansive coastlines。 Close to its ancient cities and mysterious thoroughfares; and close to the walkers themselves--the Grand Tourers and explorers， strollers and saunterers， on their hikes and quests， parades and urban drifts。
Sauntering features sixty walker-writers--classic and current--who roam Europe by foot。 Twenty-two countries are traversed。 We join Henriette d'Angeville， the second woman to climb Mont Blanc; Nellie Bly roaming the trenches of the First World War; Werner Herzog on a personal pilgrimage through Germany; Hans Christian Andersen in quarantine; Joseph Conrad in Cracow; Rebecca Solnit reimagining change on the streets of Prague; and Robert Macfarlane dropping deep into underground Paris。
Contributors include: Patrick Leigh Fermor; John Hillaby; Robert Walser; Henriette d'Angeville; Joseph Roth; Joanna Kavenna; Richard Wright; Werner Herzog; Robert Antelme; George Sand; Rainer Maria Rilke; Robert Macfarlane; Rebecca Solnit; Kate Humble; Nicholas Luard; Edith Wharton; Elizabeth von Armin; Joseph Conrad; D。 H。 Lawrence; Vernon Lee; Guy Debord， Mark Twain， Thomas Coryat， and more