James Holman, a naval officer who had lost his sight in his twenties, set off alone across Europe in 1819 and recorded what he learned by ear, touch and conversation. His route runs from Paris to Bordeaux, Toulouse, Montpellier, Nîmes and Marseilles, on into Italy along the Appian Way and the Pontine marshes, and home through Switzerland, the Rhineland and the Netherlands.
The first book by the remarkable Blind Traveller, and a fascinating read for lovers of travel writing. Download the free EPUB.