Fascist Italy, London: Collins, 1991 Robb, Kenneth A. and Harender Vasudeva, "Eric Newby" in British Travel Writers, 1940[-]1997, Dictionary of Literary Biography, volume 204, edited by Barbara Brothers and Julia M. Gergits, Detroit: Gale, 1999: 223–34 Thesiger, Wilfred, Desert, Marsh and Mountain: The World of a Nomad, London: Collins, 1979; as The Last Nomad, New York: Dutton, 1980 External links The Guardian obituary (Edward Mace George) Eric Newby: Idiosyncratic travel writer from another age, and author of the classic A Short Walk in the Hindu Kush The Times obituary Eric Newby "Eric Newby", Fellows Remembered, The Royal Society of Literature 1919 births 2006 deaths Military personnel from London 20th-century English male writers 20th-century English non-fiction writers Black Watch officers British Army personnel of World War II Commanders of the Order of the British Empire English male non-fiction writers English non-fiction outdoors writers English travel writers Fellows of the Royal Society of Literature Maritime writers People educated at St Paul's School, London People from Hammersmith Recipients of the Military Cross Special Boat Service officers The Observer people World War II prisoners of war held by Italy