Language is still a relatively under-researched aspect of the Grand Tour. This book offers a comprehensive introduction enriched by the amusing stories and vivi

This work examines the forms of language that map out Italy as an imaginative topography of pleasure within British and French travel writing, over the period 1

For members of the social elite in 18th-century England, extended travel for pleasure came to be considered part of an ideal education as well as an important s

In the vein of the classic Johnny Cash: The Life, this groundbreaking work explores the wild life and extraordinary musical career of “the definitive country

How did eighteenth-century travellers experience, describe and represent the urban environments they encountered as they made the Grand Tour? This fascinating b