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This pilgrimage came just in time for our Danube River Cruise we are taking in May, and we have added a couple of days in Copenhagen because we meet the cruise in Budapest.
Libby's Book Blogis hosting this book pilgrimage challenge. Basically, the challenge is to read a book, or books, and then visit (make a pilgrimage!) to either the location where the book is set or to the author's home (or grave). Then, blog about the book and the book pilgrimage! There is a Mr. Linky at her site.
To help find a book set in a place you are going to visit there is a site called Biblio Travel. I didn't find it that helpful, but you might.
Libby found a book for me when we were "talking" about this challenge. It is The Danube Pilot.
![Le Pilote Du Danube](http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1183756077l/1452964.jpg)
I went searching for some more contemporary books and found these. I am already familiar with Steve Berry's books which feature his character, Cotton Malone who makes his home in Copenhagen.
I have listed the books in order of the cities we will be visiting. Even if I don't read all of these it was an interesting exercise researching books set in these cities.
COPENHAGEN
![The Last Good Man: A Novel](http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1327948153l/12352541.jpg)
Synopsis here.
![Shadows In Summer: A Novel In Six Voices](http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1279121059l/7491108.jpg)
Synopsis here.
BUDAPEST
![The Magyar Venus (An Archaeological Mystery, #8)](http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1309287546l/47154.jpg)
Based on the terrible reviews I am going to give this one a miss.
![Prague, a novel about Budapest](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgER5HNGl-ibsPGH50192Po98d_662rhxlPfhqbo967ouAlyu78r21OhttkmDDqLMm00hBsEbo_2N0yUQzm0GhKUhZzH7b965P0AA25LTe-pnaAg5Ve9fD8VoqToMsHSqdzG0idDFwE4AE/s320/prague-novel-phillips.jpg)
No, I didn't mean to put this under Prague. Despite its title this book is entirely set in Budapest.
![Bridge at Andau](http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1169961101l/42959.jpg)
BRATSLAVA SLOVAKIA
![Requiem for a Gypsy: A Jana Matinova Investigation Set in Slovakia (Commander Jana Matinova Investigation)](http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1320565780l/10647862.jpg)
Synopsis here.
VIENNA AUSTRIA
![A Death In Vienna](http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171261349l/93802.jpg)
Synopsis here.
![The Mozart Conspiracy (Ben Hope #2)](http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1302070781l/9888794.jpg)
Synopsis here. Another author I am familiar with.
SALZBURG
I haven't really found any, The Sound of Music is the first thing that comes to mind when you mention this town.
![Silentium!](http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1187607613l/1738485.jpg)
This sounds intriguing, however, it hasn't been translated into English as yet.
PASSAU GERMANY
![9781570035081: Out of Passau: Leaving a City Hitler Called Home](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/515N8C4GQKL._SL160_.jpg)
Synopsis here.
REGENSBURG
the only two books I found were a World War II history of an invasion on the town and one written on Pope Benedict XVI's September 12, 2006, University of Regensburg lecture. Neither of these interest me.
NUREMBERG
![Judgment at Nuremberg](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/21bfr-ODLAL._SL400_.jpg)
This is a play set in Nuremberg.
PRAGUE CZECHOSLOVAKIA
![The Unbearable Lightness of Being](http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1265401884l/9717.jpg)
Synopsis here. This as been added to my TBR list on Goodreads.
![The Prague Orgy](http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1327973457l/29753.jpg)
Synopsis here.
![A Means of Grace](http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1181369445l/1142882.jpg)
Synopsis here.
Thanks for plugging the Book Pilgrimage! I hope we get lots of takers :) Glad you found a lot of titles that mesh well with your trip! My recommendation is an oldie - LOL (but goody, because Jules Verne is the MAN!).
ReplyDeleteThis is a great start to my linkies, because a Danube cruise sounds SO exotic! So, thanks again ;)
Sounds like a fun idea and one I would normally have considered joining but not at the moment. I will follow with interest.
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