Over the alps. Reflections on travel and travel writing with special reference to the Grand Tours of Boswell, Beckford and Byron.
London, Rupert Hart-Davis 1969.
Reference: 9409
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8vo. 224pp. Publisher’s cloth.
A thoughtful study of the motives and itineraries of these three celebrated English travellers, especially interesting for the author’s discussion of Beckford’s travels in Portugal.