Full Tilt: Ireland to India with a Bicycle by Dervla Murphy

Full Tilt: Ireland to India with a Bicycle

Dervla Murphy

256 pages first pub 1965 (view editions)

nonfiction memoir travel adventurous informative inspiring medium-paced
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Full Tilt is ideal for readers who crave immersive, real-life adventure stories that blend personal resilience with vivid cultural encounters, appealing to those drawn to journeys of endurance and human connection.

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Full Tilt is the inspiring true story of Dervla Murphy's 1963 journey from Ireland to India on an Armstrong Cadet bicycle and the trials, landscapes and cultures she encountered along the way. The route takes her through the valleys and snowy moun...

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3.85
based on 355 reviews

Moods

adventurous: 96%

informative: 58%

inspiring: 56%

funny: 41%

reflective: 36%

lighthearted: 18%

challenging: 17%

relaxing: 13%

hopeful: 10%

emotional: 8%

tense: 6%


Pace

16% of readers chose fast
60% of readers chose medium
23% of readers chose slow
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