Grand Tours and Cooks' Tours: A History of Leisure Travel, 1750 to 1915

by Lynne Withey

Book Overview

The grand and fashionable European tours of the 18th century have undergone a dramatic change over the past century, becoming open and accessible to every youth with a backpack and a good stomach.... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0688088007
• ISBN13: 9780688088002
• Release Date: January 1997
• Publisher: William Morrow & Company
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 1.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.3" x 9.5"

Customer Reviews

Superb historical travel book with excellent bibliography

This fine book caused me to revisit Alexander Kinglake's EOTHEN and realize how good it was, too. Ms. Withey's prose style is highly readable, making easy reading for such an immense subject. The bibliography is a research treasure on its own. The author works in gentle irony and wit in a way that does not interfere with her subject matter. She does not let drop such items as the search for the perfect way to Italy but, rather, consistently mines these deserving themes once they are introduced. I highly recommend this book