Adopted as an infant by his widowed aunt, Augustus Hare grew up under a strict and loving rule, endured harsh schools, went up to Oxford and then wandered Italy and the Continent. Weaving letters and journals with recollection, he fills these volumes with country houses, eccentric relations and the great and minor figures of Victorian society.
A vast, compulsively readable Victorian memoir from the author of Walks in Rome. Download the free EPUB.