The wealthy young author of Vathek wrote these letters on his travels of the 1780s and published them decades later. They carry him through the Low Countries and Germany to Venice, Florence, Rome and Naples, and later from Cornwall to Portugal and Spain, describing palaces, monasteries, music, landscapes and the people he met with vivid, romantic flair.
Among the most brilliant travel letters of the eighteenth century, a delight for lovers of the Grand Tour. Download the free EPUB.