In the reign of William and Mary, Celia Fiennes rode through almost every county of England, often on horseback, recording what she saw. Her journals describe towns, churches, country houses, spas, mines and trades, the roads and inns, and on her northern journey of 1697 the bleak stone cottages of the far north, all in her own breathless spelling.
An irreplaceable eyewitness picture of late-Stuart England by one of its most observant travellers. Download the free EPUB.