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The British Abroad
Jeremy Black
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Description for The British Abroad
Paperback. Travel for pleasure developed greatly in the 18th century, and here Jeremy Black examines travel on the Continent, the so-called "Grand Tour". Num Pages: 384 pages, 64 b&w and 20 colour illustrations, maps, index. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JF; HBJD1; HBLL; HBT; WT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 128 x 30. Weight in Grams: 436.
Travel for pleasure developed greatly in the 18th century, and here Jeremy Black examines travel on the Continent, the so-called "Grand Tour". He considers not only the standard destinations of France and Italy, but also the Low Countries, Germany, Switzerland and the Balkans. The modes of transport are described in detail, along with the range of accommodation, the food and drink, the pleasures and the hazards of travel, ranging from sex and sensibility to debt and dysentery, as well as the effects of the French Revolution on the British tourist. Jeremy Black includes extensive quotations from eighteenth-century tourist correspondence, including ... Read more
Travel for pleasure developed greatly in the 18th century, and here Jeremy Black examines travel on the Continent, the so-called "Grand Tour". He considers not only the standard destinations of France and Italy, but also the Low Countries, Germany, Switzerland and the Balkans. The modes of transport are described in detail, along with the range of accommodation, the food and drink, the pleasures and the hazards of travel, ranging from sex and sensibility to debt and dysentery, as well as the effects of the French Revolution on the British tourist. Jeremy Black includes extensive quotations from eighteenth-century tourist correspondence, including ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
386
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Condition
New
Number of Pages
384
Place of Publication
Stroud, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780750931694
SKU
V9780750931694
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99-5
About Jeremy Black
Jeremy Black is professor of history at the University of Exeter. His other books include Walpole in Power, The making of modern Britain and War, past, Present and Future,
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