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To the Hebrides: Samuel Johnson's Journey to the Western Islands and James Boswell's Journal of a Tour

By Johnson , Samuel and Boswell , James;Ronald Black

Book information

Publisher
Birlinn
Year
2012
ISBN
9781780270319, 9780857905161, 0857905163
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
2 MB (2048951 bytes)
Pages
1253 pages\0
Time added
2020-07-26 19:24:52
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Description

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 These works contain some of the finest pieces of travel writing ever produced: they are also magnificent historical documents as well as portraits of two extraordinary men of letters.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. Entert.

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