The Mediterranean Passion: Victorians and Edwardians in the South

by John Pemble

Book Overview

From 1830 to 1914, journeys to the Mediterranean became part of the British way of life--and the British way of death. The Mediterranean Passion shows how a revolution in transportation enabled the British middle classes to follow the aristocracy to the South in pursuit of culture, health, pleasure, and spiritual inspiration. It carefully describes how the British traveled, where they went, how their attitudes shaped their experiences, and how their...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198201001
• ISBN13: 9780198201007
• Release Date: September 1987
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 326 Pages
• Weight: 1.28 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.7" x 8.8"