Thackeray leaves a snug Richmond inn for the Channel steamer and a ramble through Belgium, sketching Brussels, Antwerp, Ghent and Bruges, their churches, pictures, dinners and fellow travellers, before a pilgrimage to the field of Waterloo. The tone is chatty and satirical, alive to every sneering waiter and overpriced bottle of claret.
A short, sparkling travel piece by the author of Vanity Fair, ideal before a trip to Flanders. Download the free EPUB.