Author: Bennett, Thomas and Sons
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Published: 1893
Total Pages: 572
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Published: 1888
Total Pages: 416
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →A Compact itinerary of the British isles, Belgium and Holland, Germany and the Rhine, Switzerland, France, Austria, and Italy.
Author: James Munson
Publisher: Pan Macmillan
Published: 2010-12-10
Total Pages: 528
ISBN-13: 0330536826
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →‘I remember being much amused last year, when landing at Calais,’ wrote Mrs Frances Trollope in her 1835 book, Paris and the Parisians, ‘at the answer made by an old traveller to a novice ... making his first voyage. “What a dreadful smell!” said the uninitiated stranger ... “it is the smell of the continent, sir!” replied the man of experience. And so it was.’ Historians James Munson and Richard Mullen examine just what it was about the smell of the continent that so attracted British travellers in the hundred years from the fall of Napoleon to the outbreak of the First World War. It was the first time in history that the British, en masse, set out to discover Europe. Drawing on contemporary accounts, diaries and letters, Munson and Mullen offer a compelling portrait of the Victorians abroad, many of them convinced that their country was not only vastly superior but also the envy of the world. From the glowing review coverage: 'Pure charm' A.N. Wilson, Reader's Digest 'An entertaining and sometimes surprising, thought-provoking history' Sunday Times
Author: Joyce E. Chaplin
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Published: 2013-11-19
Total Pages: 560
ISBN-13: 1416596208
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Originally published in hardcover in 2012.