Planet Ustinov: Following The Equator With Sir Peter Ustinov

One hundred years ago, Mark Twain published a bestselling account of his epic journey around the globe. Witty, shrewd and entertaining, Following the Equator offered an unrivaled portrait of a world on the brink of a new century. Exactly 100 years after the trip, this book which is a companion volume to the the Channel 4 TV series in which Sir Peter Ustinov, repeats the journey to observe Twain's world on the edge of a new century, and a new millennium; to see what is left of the old ways, and what has replaced them.