num_pages: 304
description: This is the story of the 1200-mile journey made by Eric Newby and his wife down the holy river of India, from Hardwar where it enters the great plain down to where the waters of the Hooghly finally flow into the Bay of Bengal.
language: English
title: Slowly Down the Ganges
titlecomplete: Slowly Down the Ganges
characters: Wanda Newby, Eric Newby
genres: Travelogue, Asia, Adventure, Memoir, Nonfiction, India, Autobiography, Travel, Biography Memoir, History
ratings_count: 1248
places: India
publisher: Picador