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Fiona's 2021 Million Miles Challenge
Book: Purge by Sofi OksanenLocation: Läänemaa, Estonia
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Book: Snow Falling on Cedars by David Guterson
Location: Puget Sound, WA, USA
Miles Traveled: 4838 miles (7786km)
Total travelled : 6828 miles
Book: Snow Falling on Cedars by David GutersonLocation: Puget Sound, WA, USA
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Book: Dragon Lady by Autumn Bardot
Location: Guangzhou, China
Miles Traveled: 6456 miles (10390km)
Total travelled : 13,284 miles
Book: Dragon Lady by Autumn BardotLocation: Guangzhou, China
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The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet by David Mitchell
Location: Nagasaki, Japan
Miles Traveled: 1207 miles (1942km)
Total travelled : 14,491 miles
The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet by David MitchellLocation: Nagasaki, Japan
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The Year Without Summer by Guinevere Glasfurd
Location: Mount Tambora, Sumbawa, Indonesia
Miles Traveled: 3083 miles (4962km)
Total travelled : 17,574 miles
In The Year Without Summer by Guinevere Glasfurd:Mount Tambora, Sumbawa, Indonesia
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East Bergolt, Suffolk, England
Miles Travelled: 7222
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Littleport, Cambridgeshire, England
Miles Travelled: 64
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Calais, France
Miles Travelled: 174
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Cologny, Lake Geneva, Switzerland
Miles Travelled: 514
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Corringham, Essex, England
Miles Travelled: 618
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Bethel, Vermont, USA
Miles Travelled: 3345
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London, England
Miles Travelled: 3408
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Botany Bay, Australia
Miles Travelled: 10565
Total miles travelled in book: 25,910
Total travelled : 43,484
The Year Without Summer by Guinevere GlasfurdLocation: Botany Bay, Australia
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The Tenth Gift by Jane Johnson
Location: Penzance, Cornwall, England
Miles Traveled: 10816 miles (17406km)
Total travelled : 54,300 miles
In The Tenth Gift by Jane Johnson:Penzance, Cornwall, England
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Salé, Morocco
Miles Travelled: 1638 miles (2636 km)
Total travelled : 55,938
The Tenth Gift by Jane JohnsonLocation: Salé, Morocco
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The Tiger Queens: The Women of Genghis Khan by Stephanie Thornton
Location: Karakorum, Mongolia
Miles travelled: 5452 miles (8774 km)
Total travelled: 61,390
In The Tiger Queens by Stephanie Thornton:Karakorum, Mongolia
to
Nishapur, Iran
3262 miles (5251 km)
to
Karakorum, Mongolia
3262 miles (5251 km)
to
Vienna, Austria
4685 miles (7541 km)
to
Karakorum, Mongolia
4685 miles (7541 km)
Total miles travelled in book: 15,894 miles
Total travelled: 77,284
The Tiger Queens by Stephanie ThorntonLocation: Karakorum, Mongolia
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Nora Webster by Colm Tóibín
Location: Wexford, Ireland
Miles travelled: 5610 miles (9029 km)
Total travelled: 82,894 miles
Nora Webster by Colm TóibínLocation: Wexford, Ireland
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The Map of Salt and Stars by Zeyn Joukhadar
Location: Ceuta, Spain
Miles travelled: 1836 miles (2956 km)
Total travelled: 84,730 miles
In The Map of Salt and Stars by Zeyn JoukhadarCeuta, Spain
to Fez, Morocco
288 miles (465km)
to Palermo, Sicily
1311 miles (2110km)
to Aleppo, Syria
1893 miles (3048km)
to Homs, Syria
114 miles (185km)
to Damascus, Syria
101 miles (163km)
to Petra, Jordan
264 miles (425km)
to Cairo, Egypt
415 miles (669km)
to Benghazi, Libya
787 miles (1268km)
to Ceuta, Spain
2104 miles (3387km)
Total miles travelled in book: 6,862
Total travelled: 91,592 miles
The Map of Salt and Stars by Zeyn JoukhadarLocation: Ceuta, Spain
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American Princess: A Novel of First Daughter Alice Roosevelt by Stephanie Thornton
Location: Washington D.C., USA
Miles travelled: 3836 miles (6174 km)
Total travelled: 95,428 miles
In American Princess by Stephanie ThorntonCopied from Cheryl's Travel Log - Million Miles Challenge:
Washington, DC
- to New York City - 217 mi
- to Washington, DC - 226 mi
- RT to Boston, MA - 878 mi
- to New Orleans, LA - 1086 mi
- to New York City - 1304
- to Washington, DC - 226 mi
- to Chicago, IL - 699 mi
- to San Francisco, CA - 2127 mi
- to Honolulu, HI - 2393 mi
- to Tokyo, Japan - 3849 mi
- to Manila, Philippines - 1857 mi
- to Seoul, Korea - 1627 mi
- to San Francisco, CA - 5606 mi
- to Sagamore Hill, NY - 2944 mi
- to Washington, DC - 264 mi
- RT to Havana, Cuba - 2270 mi
- to London, England - 3662 mi
- to Paris, France - 295 mi
- to Cincinnati, OH - 4129 mi
- to Washington, DC - 501 mi
- to Yellowstone National Park - 2035 mi
- to Waikiki, HI - 3114 mi
- to Canton, OH - 4576 mi
- to Washington, DC - 339 mi
- to London, England - 3662 mi
- RT to Paris, France - 580 mi
- to New York City - 3459 mi
- RT to Cincinnati, OH - 1274 mi
- RT Chicago, IL - 1580 mi
- to Cincinnati, OH - 637 mi
- to Chicago, IL - 294 mi
- to Sagamore Hill, NY -827 mi
- RT to Washington, DC - 528 mi
- to Buffalo, NY - 410 mi
- to Washington, DC - 382 mi
- RT to Chicago, IL - 1396 mi
- RT to Aiken, SC - 1060 mi
- to Cincinnati, OH - 525 mi
- to Washington, DC - 505 mi
- RT to Paris, France - 7656 mi
Total miles travelled in book: 70,999
Total travelled: 162,591 miles
American Princess by Stephanie ThorntonLocation: Washington D.C., USA
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The Crown by Nancy Bilyeau
Location: London, England
Miles travelled: 3664 miles (5898 km)
Total travelled: 166,255 miles
In The Crown by Nancy Bilyeau:London
to Dartford, Kent
20 miles
to Malmesbury Abbey, Wiltshire
84 miles
Total miles travelled in book: 104
Total travelled: 166,359 miles
The Crown by Nancy BilyeauLocation: Malmesbury Abbey, England
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Daughter of the Gods: A Novel of Ancient Egypt by Stephanie Thornton
Location: Luxor, Egypt
Miles travelled: 3605 miles
Total travelled: 169,964 miles
Daughter of the Gods by Stephanie ThorntonLocation: Luxor, Egypt
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The Winter King by Bernard Cornwell
Location: Dumnonia (Devon), England
Miles travelled: 3640 miles (5860 km)
Total travelled: 173,604 miles
The Winter King by Bernard CornwellLocation: Dumnonia (Devon), England
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A Girl Is a Body of Water by Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi
Location: Kampala, Uganda
Miles travelled: 6200 miles
Total travelled: 179,804 miles
A Girl Is a Body of Water by Jennifer Nansubuga MakumbiLocation: Kampala, Uganda
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Enemy of God by Bernard Cornwell
Location: Dumnonia (Devon), England
Miles travelled: 6200 miles
Total travelled: 186,004 miles
Enemy of God by Bernard CornwellLocation: Dumnonia (Devon), England
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A Long Petal of the Sea by Isabel Allende
Location: Barcelona, Spain
Miles travelled: 1092 miles
Total travelled: 187,096 miles
In A Long Petal of the Sea by Isabel Allende:Barcelona, Spain
to Argelès-sur-Mer, France
113 miles (182km)
to Bordeaux, France
272 miles (439km)
to Panama Canal
5242 miles (8436km)
to Arcia, Chile
1998 miles (3216km)
to Santiago, Chile
1265 miles (2037km)
to Caracas, Venezuela
3046 miles (4903km)
to Santiago, Chile
3046 miles (4903km)
Total miles travelled in book: 14,982
Total travelled: 202,078 miles
A Long Petal of the Sea by Isabel AllendeLocation: Santiago, Chile
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Excalibur by Bernard Cornwell
Location: Dumnonia (Devon), England
Miles travelled: 7100 miles (11429km)
Total travelled: 209,178 miles
Excalibur by Bernard CornwellLocation: Dumnonia (Devon), England
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Sugar Money by Jane Harris
Location: St. Pierre, Martinique
Miles travelled: 4032 miles (6488km)
Total travelled: 213,210 miles
In Sugar Money by Jane Harris:St. Pierre, Martinique
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Fort Royal (St George's), Grenada
Miles travelled: 190 miles (305km)
Total travelled: 213,400 miles
Sugar Money by Jane HarrisLocation: Fort Royal (St George's), Grenada
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Hamnet by Maggie O'Farrell
Location: Stratford-upon-Avon, England
Miles travelled: 4300 miles (6930km)
Total travelled: 217,700 miles
In Hamnet by Maggie O'Farrell:Stratford-upon-Avon, England
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London, England
Miles travelled: 101 miles
Total travelled: 217,801 miles
Hamnet by Maggie O'FarrellLocation: London, England
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The Observations by Jane Harris
Location: West Lothian, Scotland
Miles travelled: 415 miles (668km)
Total travelled: 218,216 miles
The Observations by Jane HarrisLocation: West Lothian, Scotland
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Lionheart by Sharon Kay Penman
Location: Messina, Sicily
Miles travelled: 1920 miles
Total travelled: 220,136 miles
In Lionheart by Sharon Kay Penman:Google Maps gives me distance in kilometres, so I'll report in km and convert to miles at the end.
Alicia's journey
Messina, Sicily
to Palermo, Sicily
320 km
return to Messina, Sicily
320 km
Total: 640 km
Richard's journey
Nonancourt Castle, Normandy
to Lyon, Burgundy
540 km
to Genoa, Italy
476 km
to Messina, Sicily
1177 km
Total: 2,193 km
Berengaria's journey
Pamplona, Navarre
to Rome, Italy
1647 km
to Messina, Sicily
700 km
Total: 2347 km
Richard and Berengaria's journey
Messina, Sicily
to Crete
894 km
to Limasol, Cyprus
768 km
to Tyre, Lebanon
240 km
to Acre, Israel
183 km
to Jaffa, Israel
121 km
to Ashkelon, Israel
50 km
return to Acre, Israel
354 km
Total: 2,610 km
Total kilometres travelled in book: 7,827 km
Total miles travelled in book: 4863 miles
Total travelled: 224,999 miles
Lionheart by Sharon Kay PenmanLocation: Acre, Israel
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Oscar and Lucinda by Peter Carey
Location: Bellingen, NSW, Australia
Miles travelled: 8817 miles
Total travelled: 233,816 miles
In Oscar and Lucinda by Peter Carey:Oscar's journey
Devon, England
to Oxford, England
182 miles
to Southampton, England
66 miles
Total: 248
Lucinda's journey
Paramatta, NSW, Australia
to Sydney, Australia
16 miles
to London, England
13,525 miles
to Southampton, England
80 miles
Total: 13,621
Oscar and Lucinda's journey
Southampton, England
to Santa Cruz, Tenerife
1732 miles
to Cape Town, South Africa
4871 miles
to Sydney, Australia
6842 miles
Total: 13,445
Oscar's journey
Sydney, Australia
to Belligen, Australia
325 miles
Total miles travelled in book: 27,639 miles
Total travelled: 261,455 miles
Oscar and Lucinda by Peter CareyLocation: Bellingen, NSW, Australia
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Gillespie and I by Jane Harris
Location: London, England
Miles travelled: 10,435 miles
Total travelled: 271,890 miles
In Gillespie and I by Jane Harris:London, England
to Glasgow, Scotland
415 miles
to Edinburgh, Scotland
47 miles
to London, England
414 miles
Miles travelled: 876 miles
Total travelled: 272,766 miles
Gillespie and I by Jane HarrisLocation: London, England
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The Secret History: A Novel of Empress Theodora by Stephanie Thornton
Location: Constantinople (Istanbul, Turkey)
Miles travelled: 1553 miles
Total travelled: 274,319 miles
In The Secret History by Stephanie ThorntonConstantinople
to Apollonia (Susa, Libya)
681 miles
to Alexandria, Eygpt
561 miles
to Antioch (Antakya, Turkey)
1062 miles
to Constantinople
689 miles
Total miles travelled in book: 2,993 miles
Total travelled: 277,312 miles
The Secret History: A Novel of Empress Theodora by Stephanie ThorntonLocation: Constantinople (Istanbul, Turkey)
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The Essex Serpent by Sarah Perry
Location: London, England
Miles travelled: 1553 miles
Total travelled: 278,865 miles
In The Essex Serpent by Sarah PerryLondon, England
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Colchester, Essex, England
Miles travelled: 66 miles
Total travelled: 278,931 miles
The Essex Serpent by Sarah PerryLocation: Colchester, Essex, England
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The Inheritance of Loss by Kiran Desai
Location: Kalimpong, West Bengal, India
Miles travelled: 4671 miles
Total travelled: 283,602 miles
In The Inheritance of Loss by Kiran Desai:Kalimpong, India
to New York City, USA
7620 miles
to Kalimpong, India
7620 miles
Total miles travelled in book: 15,240 miles
Total travelled: 298,842 miles
The Inheritance of Loss by Kiran DesaiLocation: Kalimpong, West Bengal, India
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The Sword and the Scimitar by David Ball
Location: Birgu, Malta
Miles travelled: 4300 miles
Total travelled: 303,142 miles
In The Sword and the Scimitar by David BallNico's journey
Birgu, Malta
to Algiers
730 miles
to Constantinople
1620 miles
to Malta
985 miles
Total: 3355 miles
Christien's journey
Paris, France
to Metz, France (and return to Paris)
411 miles
to Malta
1516 miles
Total: 1927 miles
Total miles travelled in book: 5282 miles
Total travelled: 308,424 miles
The Sword and the Scimitar by David BallLocation: Birgu, Malta
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And They Called It Camelot: A Novel of Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis by Stephanie Thornton
Washington DC, USA
Miles travelled: 4798 miles
Total travelled: 313,222 miles
In And They Called It Camelot by Stephanie ThorntonCopied from Ashley's Million Miles Challenge
Location: Washington DC, USA
Miles Traveled: 5,228mi
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Location: London, England
Miles Traveled: 3,662mi
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Location: Newport, Rhode Island USA
Miles Traveled: 3,316mi
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Location: Boston, Massachusetts USA
Miles Traveled: 71mi
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Location: Paris, France
Miles Traveled: 3,435mi
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Location: Vienna, Austria
Miles Traveled: 767mi
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Location: Hyannis Port, Massachusetts USA
Miles Traveled: 4,030mi
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Location: Washington DC, USA
Miles Traveled: 481mi
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Location: New Delhi, India
Miles Traveled: 7,480mi
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Location: Agra, India
Miles Traveled: 132mi
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Location: Pakistan
Miles Traveled: 569mi
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Location: Washington DC, USA
Miles Traveled: 7,179mi
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Location: Amalfi, Italy
Miles Traveled: 4,620mi
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Location: Washington DC, USA
Miles Traveled: 4,620mi
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Location: Greece
Miles Traveled: 4,997mi
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Location: Nantucket, Massachusetts USA
Miles Traveled: 4,602mi
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Location: Dallas, Texas USA
Miles Traveled: 1,841mi
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Location: Washington DC, USA
Miles Traveled: 1,328mi
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Location: Skorpios, Greece
Miles Traveled: 4,966mi
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Location: Washington DC, USA
Miles Traveled: 4,966mi
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Location: Skorpios, Greece
Miles Traveled: 4,966mi
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Location: Hyannis Port, Massachusetts USA
Miles Traveled: 4,565mi
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Location: New York City, New York USA
Miles Traveled: 255mi
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Location: Athens, Greece
Miles Traveled: 4,921mi
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Location: New York City, New York USA
Miles Traveled: 4,921mi
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Location: Paris, France
Miles Traveled: 3,625mi
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Location: New York City, New York USA
Miles Traveled: 3,625mi
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Location: Skorpios, Greece
Miles Traveled: 4,763mi
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Location: New York City, New York USA
Miles Traveled:4,763mi
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Location: Paris, France
Miles Traveled: 3,625mi
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Location: Boston, Massachusetts USA
Miles Traveled: 3,435mi
Total miles travelled in book: 106,526 miles
Total travelled 419,748 miles
And They Called It Camelot by Stephanie ThorntonBoston, Massachusetts, USA
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Aria by Nazanine Hozar
Tehran, Iran
Miles travelled: 5938 miles
Total travelled: 425,686 miles
Aria by Nazanine HozarTehran, Iran
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The Gustav Sonata by Rose Tremain
Mittelland, Switzerland
Miles travelled: 2800 miles
Total travelled: 428,486 miles
In The Gustav Sonata by Rose TremainMittelland, Switzerland
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Davos, Switzerland (and back)
340 miles
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Paris, France (and back)
700 miles
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Davos, Switzerland
170 miles
Total miles travelled in book: 1210 miles
Total travelled: 429,696 miles
The Gustav Sonata by Rose TremainDavos, Switzerland
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Beneath the Lion's Gaze by Maaza Mengiste
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Miles travelled: 3115 miles
Total travelled: 432,811 miles
Beneath the Lion's Gaze by Maaza MengisteAddis Ababa, Ethiopia
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Music & Silence by Rose Tremain
Copenhagen, Denmark
Miles travelled: 3523 miles
Total travelled: 436,334 miles
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Book: War Lord by Bernard Cornwell
Location: Bamburgh Castle, England
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Book: Purge by Sofi Oksanen
Location: Läänemaa, Estonia
Miles Traveled: 1990 miles (3202km)