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The Letters and Works of Lady Mary Wortley Montagu
Av Mary Wortley Montagu, James Archibald Stuart-Wortley-Mackenzie Wharncliffe m. fl.
Häftad, 2011
916 kr
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Self-taught in her father's library, the writer, satirist and poet Lady Mary Wortley Montagu had an inexhaustible appetite for travel and society. This third edition of her Letters and Works (1866) offers insight into the ambitions and frustrations of one of the most unconventional women of the …
Travels in Spain and the East, 1808-1810
Av Francis Sacheverell Darwin, Francis Darwin Swift Darwin
Häftad, 2009
385 kr
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The son of Erasmus Darwin and uncle of Charles Darwin, Francis Darwin lived a mostly quiet life as a doctor in Lichfield, taking early retirement to a remote part of Derbyshire. As a young man, however, he took an intrepid and eventful Grand Tour of the Mediterranean and kept a detailed journal. …
Guide to Windermere
With Tours to the Neighboring Lakes and Other Interesting Places
Häftad, 2010
420 kr
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Described by George Eliot as 'the only English woman that possesses thoroughly the art of writing', Harriet Martineau held a prominent position in the intellectual life of Victorian culture. This 1854 guide to Windermere was the first in her series of guides to the Lake District, leading eventually …
Observations and Reflections Made in the Course of a Journey through France, Italy, and Germany
Häftad, 2010
714 kr
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Hester Piozzi's 1789 Observations is an entertaining title, with a conversational, present-tense style that makes it stand out from other (largely male) travel writing of the period. Extremely well-educated and accustomed to society and activity, Hester was stifled in her first marriage to brewer …
Observations and Reflections Made in the Course of a Journey through France, Italy, and Germany
Häftad, 2010
640 kr
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In the second volume of Piozzi's Observations, the travels continue from Naples and into Germany before the return to England. Well educated and accustomed to society and activity, Hester relished her intellectual collaboration and close friendship with Samuel Johnson, developed during her first …
Letters Written during a Short Residence in Sweden, Norway, and Denmark
Häftad, 2010
523 kr
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Mary Wollstonecraft (1759-1797) published this book, the last before her death in childbirth, in 1796. The twenty-five letters are an account of a daring wartime trip to Scandinavia to attempt to retrieve a stolen ship for her lover, the American adventurer Gilbert Imlay. Her letters describe the …
Travels in Italy, between the Years 1792 and 1798, Containing a View of the Late Revolutions in that Country
Also a Supplement, Comprising Instructions for Travelling in France
Häftad, 2010
677 kr
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Mariana Starke (c.1762-1838) published this work in 1802, launching her career as a travel writer. The work, consisting of twenty-five letters spread over two volumes, describes the political situation in Italy after the first Napoleonic campaigns and offers practical guidance for tourists visiting …
Travels in Italy, between the Years 1792 and 1798, Containing a View of the Late Revolutions in that Country
Also a Supplement, Comprising Instructions for Travelling in France
Häftad, 2010
732 kr
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Mariana Starke (c.1762-1838) published this work in 1802, launching her career as a travel writer. Volume 2 contains nine beautifully written letters which evaluate the cultural attractions of the cities of Rome, Naples, Pompeii, Florence, Bologna, and Venice and the cities' surrounding …
A Spinster's Tour in France, the States of Genoa, etc., during the Year 1827
Häftad, 2010
653 kr
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The romantic novelist Elizabeth Strutt (1783-c.1863) was ideally suited to the task she set herself when, in 1827, she wrote A Spinster's Tour in France (1828). Although she herself was married, her experiences convinced her of the urgent need for a guidebook designed for the unaccompanied 'lady …
A Residence on the Shores of the Baltic
Described in a Series of Letters
Häftad, 2010
897 kr
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When Elizabeth Rigby (1809-1893) embarked on her travels to the Baltic states in 1838, she was already a published author. She was to play a significant role as a writer and public figure throughout the nineteenth century. Originally published in 1841 as two separate volumes, this book is a …
Through Spain to the Sahara
Häftad, 2010
579 kr
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Journalist, children's author and translator, Matilda Betham-Edwards inspired a generation of writers. A correspondent of Henry James and a friend of George Eliot, she belonged to a literary network that spanned the globe. Published in 1868, her account of her journey to the Sahara received …
The Land Beyond the Forest
Facts, Figures, and Fancies from Transylvania
Av Emily Gerard
Häftad, 2010
692 kr
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Novelist Emily Gerard (1849-1905) went with her husband, an officer in the Austrian army, to Transylvania for two years in 1883. Then part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, today a region of western Romania, Transylvania was little known to readers back in England. In the years following, she wrote …
The Land Beyond the Forest
Facts, Figures, and Fancies from Transylvania
Av Emily Gerard
Häftad, 2011
710 kr
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Novelist Emily Gerard (1849-1905) went with her husband, an officer in the Austrian army, to Transylvania for two years in 1883. Then part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, today a region of western Romania, Transylvania was little known to readers back in England. In the years following, she wrote …
Rambles in the South of Ireland during the Year 1838
Häftad, 2010
567 kr
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Lady Georgiana Chatterton (1806-1876) was a prolific British romantic novelist and travel writer. After marrying Sir William Chatterton in 1824 she spent much of her time at his estate in Ireland; the couple later retired to Dorset because of financial problems after the Irish Famine (1845-1851). …
Rambles in the South of Ireland during the Year 1838
Häftad, 2010
549 kr
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Lady Georgiana Chatterton (1806-1876) was a prolific British romantic novelist and travel writer. After marrying Sir William Chatterton in 1824 she spent much of her time at his estate in Ireland; the couple later retired to Dorset because of financial problems after the Irish Famine (1845-1851). …
Letters on Iceland
Containing Observations Made during a Voyage Undertaken in the Year 1772 by Joseph Banks, Esq.
Häftad, 2011
699 kr
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Swedish archbishop Uno von Troil (1746-1803) had a lifelong enthusiasm for travel and scientific study which led him to accompany the famous naturalist Sir Joseph Banks (1743-1820) on an expedition to Iceland in 1772. Banks was already well known for his role as botanist on Captain Cook's first …
Pictures from Italy
Häftad, 2011
523 kr
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In 1844 Charles Dickens (1812-70) and his family moved to Italy for a year, eventually settling in Genoa. This book, Dickens' second travel memoir, describes his experience of travelling through France and exploring Italy. Based on letters to friends, particularly John Forster, it was first …
A Hand-Book for Travellers in Spain, and Readers at Home
Describing the Country and Cities, the Natives and their Manners
Av Richard Ford
Häftad, 2011
821 kr
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Targeted at both intrepid travellers and 'readers at home', this two-volume account of Spanish history, topography and culture by Richard Ford (1796-1858) combines the rigour of a gazetteer with the humour and pace of a private travel diary. First published in 1845, as part of John Murray's series …
A Hand-Book for Travellers in Spain, and Readers at Home
Describing the Country and Cities, the Natives and their Manners
Av Richard Ford
Häftad, 2011
821 kr
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Targeted at both intrepid travellers and 'readers at home', this two-volume account of Spanish history, topography and culture by Richard Ford (1796-1858) combines the rigour of a gazetteer with the humour and pace of a private travel diary. First published in 1845, as part of John Murray's series …
Narrative of Travels in Europe, Asia, and Africa in the Seventeenth Century
Häftad, 2012
821 kr
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This two-volume English translation of part of a longer travel narrative by the Ottoman aristocrat Evliya Çelebi (1611-c.1680) was translated by the Austrian scholar Joseph von Hammer (1774-1856) and published in 1834 by the Oriental Translation Fund of Great Britain and Ireland, set up to make …
Narrative of Travels in Europe, Asia, and Africa in the Seventeenth Century
Häftad, 2012
586 kr
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This two-volume English translation of part of a longer travel narrative by the Ottoman aristocrat Evilya Çelebi (1611-c.1680) was translated by the Austrian scholar Joseph von Hammer (1774-1856) and published in 1834 by the Oriental Translation Fund of Great Britain and Ireland, set up to make …
Peloponnesus
Notes of Study and Travel
Häftad, 2011
586 kr
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William George Clark (1821-78) is probably best remembered as the co-editor (with W. Aldis Wright) of the Cambridge Shakespeare (1863-6; also reissued in this series). A fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge, he was a classical and literary scholar and editor, but travelled widely in his vacations, …
Notes and Observations on the Ionian Islands and Malta
With Some Remarks on Constantinople and Turkey, and on the System of Quarantine as at Present Conducted
Av John Davy
Häftad, 2012
687 kr
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The English doctor John Davy (1790-1868) was the younger brother of the chemist Sir Humphry Davy, of whom he wrote a memoir, also reissued in this series. After graduating from Edinburgh University, he entered the Army as a surgeon and was posted overseas. From 1824 to 1835 he was stationed in the …
Notes and Observations on the Ionian Islands and Malta
With Some Remarks on Constantinople and Turkey, and on the System of Quarantine as at Present Conducted
Av John Davy
Häftad, 2012
821 kr
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The English doctor John Davy (1790-1868) was the younger brother of the chemist Sir Humphry Davy, of whom he wrote a memoir, also reissued in this series. After graduating from Edinburgh University, he entered the Army as a surgeon and was posted overseas. From 1824 to 1835 he was stationed in the …
Autobiography of Miss Cornelia Knight
Lady Companion to the Princess Charlotte of Wales
Av Ellis Cornelia Knight, John William Kaye
Häftad, 2012
606 kr
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This two-volume Autobiography by Cornelia Knight (1757-1837) was published in 1861. It was complied by the military historian Sir John Kaye from her journals and a memoir based on them, written late in life and remaining incomplete at her death. Cornelia Knight, the daughter of an admiral, was …
Autobiography of Miss Cornelia Knight
Lady Companion to the Princess Charlotte of Wales
Av Ellis Cornelia Knight, John William Kaye
Häftad, 2012
604 kr
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This two-volume Autobiography by Cornelia Knight (1757-1837) was published in 1861. It was complied by the military historian Sir John Kaye from her journals and a memoir based on them, written late in life and remaining incomplete at her death. Cornelia Knight, the daughter of an admiral, was …
The Idler in France
Häftad, 2012
824 kr
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Marguerite Gardiner, Countess of Blessington (1789-1849), was famous for her charm, wit, and beauty, the latter reflected in Sir Thomas Lawrence's famous portrait of her in 1822. Blessington had an unhappy childhood, and was forced into her first marriage at the age of fourteen, but had developed a …
Travels in Germany and Russia
Including a Steam Voyage by the Danube and the Euxine from Vienna to Constantinople, in 1838-39
Häftad, 2012
754 kr
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Sir Adolphus Slade (1804-77), British naval officer and author, documents his experiences crossing Europe to Turkey in these detailed and richly worded travel journals. Having joined the Royal Navy at a young age, he was promoted to Lieutenant in 1827. Subsequently, he was posted on several …
A Portion of the Journal Kept by Thomas Raikes, Esq., from 1831-1847
Comprising Reminiscences of Social and Political Life in London and Paris during that Period
Häftad, 2012
508 kr
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Diarist Thomas Raikes (1777-1848) was an Old Etonian whose social world included some of the most influential people of his day. Raikes was no politician - he had an established reputation as a 'dandy' - and he spent much of his time in gentlemen's clubs in London, especially the Carlton and …
A Portion of the Journal Kept by Thomas Raikes, Esq., from 1831-1847
Comprising Reminiscences of Social and Political Life in London and Paris during that Period
Häftad, 2012
557 kr
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Diarist Thomas Raikes (1777-1848) was an Old Etonian whose social world included some of the most influential people of his day. Raikes was no politician - he had an established reputation as a 'dandy' - and he spent much of his time in gentlemen's clubs in London, especially the Carlton and …
