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To The Hebrides - Samuel Johnson's Journey to the Western Islands and James Boswell's Journal of a Tour (Paperback)
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To The Hebrides - Samuel Johnson's Journey to the Western Islands and James Boswell's Journal of a Tour (Paperback)
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Discovery Miles 4 250
You Save R41 (9%)
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Samuel Johnson and James Boswell spent the autumn of 1773 touring
through the Lowlands and Highlands of Scotland as far west as the
islands of Skye, Raasay, Coll, Mull, Inchkenneth and Iona. Both
kept detailed notes of their impressions, and later published
separate accounts of their journey. These works contain some of the
finest pieces of travel writing ever produced: they are also
magnificent historical documents as well as portraits of two
extraordinary men of letters. Together they paint a vivid picture
of a society which was still almost unknown to the Europe of the
Enlightenment. Entertaining, profound, and marvellously readable,
they are a valuable chronicle of a lost age and a fascinating
people. For the first time, Ronald Black's edition brings together
Johnson's and Boswell's accounts of each of the six stages of the
two men's journey - Lowlands, Skye, Coll, Mull and back to the
mainland. Illustrated with prints by Thomas Rowlandson, it includes
a critical introduction, translations of the Latin texts and brief
notes.
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