It is on the prodigious research and love of trivia that inform Mr. Brown's stories (this one makes mincemeat of all those factoid - heavy wannabes, like Matthew Pearl's «Dante Club»), the ease with which he sets them in motion, the nifty tricks (Dante's plaster death mask is pilfered from its museum setting, then toted through the secret passageways of Florence in a Ziploc bag) and the cliffhangers. (bookpage.com)
Get to the Mayan Village through secret passageways hidden in the jungle. (xcaret.com)
Wander through vivid explosions of colour and sweet aromas at some of Europe's premier gardening festivals or explore the looming spires and narrow passageways of Bavaria's mystical castles. (greatrail.com)