Italy: Volume 1 (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781108003810)

John Cam Hobhouse's 1859 publication provides a detailed account of his travels around Italy between 1816 and 1854. The two volumes contain informative descriptions of the places, people and politics of nineteenth-century Italy, and the reader will gain fascinating insights into the close relationship between Hobhouse and Lord Byron. Providing a mix of entertaining anecdotes and historical information, the volumes explore 'a country now made accessible by a few hours journey and familiar to us by every mode of illustration', acquainting the Victorian traveller (and now the modern reader) with the Italy 'of times long past'. Volume 1 begins with Hobhouse's journey from Switzerland to Italy in 1816 and records his impressions of cities including Milan, Verona, Venice and Rome.

Author: John Cam Hobhouse
ISBN-10: 1108003818
ISBN-13: 9781108003810
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 07/20/2009
Pages: 440
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.22lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.98d