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| The Olive Route: A Personal Journey to the Heart of the Mediterranean | 
 enlarge | Author: Carol Drinkwater
Publisher: Phoenix
Category: Book
List Price: £7.99
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Avg. Customer Rating:  11 reviews
Sales Rank: 16607
Media: Paperback
Edition: New edition
Pages: 448
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.8
Dimensions (in): 7.6 x 5.1 x 1.3
ISBN: 0752881396
EAN: 9780752881393
ASIN: 0752881396
Publication Date: June 13, 2007
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| Customer Reviews:
 Great book! July 30, 2007
5 out of 9 found this review helpful
The Olive Route is an exciting book for people who are on the one hand interested in the very long history of the olive tree and on the other hand are looking for a breathtaking travel book for the Mediterranean. Both, the olive tree and the Mediterranean have always belonged togehter.
Thank you, Carol Drinkwater for this great book!
 Wonderful July 14, 2007
10 out of 11 found this review helpful
I loved this book. It's an incredibly evocative, engaging and informative journey round the Mediterranean in search of the secrets and traditions of the olive. Carol travels by herself, sometimes to dangerous locations such as Libya and Lebanon but at all times her enthusiasm and passion for the olive shine through. Highly recommended.
 Dissapointed July 10, 2007
3 out of 6 found this review helpful
The idea for the book was great and attracted me, I thought it would primarily be a travel book with the olive quest acting as a sub plot.
I agree with the earlier reviewer who said 'seems to be carried away by her enthusiasm and her prose'. Not a lot happens in the travels, Drinkwater simply observes normal life in the countries she visits and harps on excessively about food and how the people who inhabited these lands were fascinated by the olive tree. She comes across with a slight bias in the Israeli/Palestinian conflict. If I am reading a travel book I don't want polemic viewpoints.
On the positive side she has throughly researched the history and surroundings. Maybe the book is not written for men in their early thirties but I think if she removed a lot of the mock sentimentality she could have written a great book.
A FASCINATING TALE OF A SYMBOL OF PEACE IN AN May 16, 2007
4 out of 5 found this review helpful
Having read Ms. Drinkwater's three memoirs, I wasn't properly prepared for the fascinating, often dangerous journey she took to learn how the olive tree came to the European continent. From her first serendipitous meeting on a plane with a woman that led directly to the discovery of a 6000 year old tree, to the dreadful turmoil surrounding the planting of new trees to replace the wonderful old ones torn up in an ongoing conflict between the Israelis and the Palestinians - I was with her every step of her remarkable journey. Her writing is nothing short of magnificent!
 more olives! January 27, 2007
10 out of 12 found this review helpful
I thoroughly enjoyed Carol Drinkwater's 'Olive' series and was delighted to hear of a fourth volume. I was, however, somewhat disappointed. She seems to be carried away by her enthusiam and her prose, in places, borders on the 'purple'. I was constantly irritated by the excessive and sometimes inappropriate use of adjectives and adverbs. Having said that the book provides a fascinating insight into the current situation in those troubled countries surrounding the Mediterranean as seen through the eyes of the local inhabitants. Carol Drinkwater is to be congratulated on her courage in penetrating beyond the tourist route into many dangerous places and for the speed with which she translated her experiences into print.
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