Italy
Remarks Made in Several Visits, from the Year 1816 to 1854

Hobhouse recounts his travels through Italy between 1816 and 1854, describing the people, places and politics he encountered.

John Cam Hobhouse (Author)

9781108003810, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 20 July 2009

440 pages
21.6 x 14 x 2.5 cm, 0.56 kg

John Cam Hobhouse's 1859 publication provides a detailed account of his travels around Italy between 1816 and 1854. The two volumes contain informative descriptions of the places, people and politics of nineteenth-century Italy, and the reader will gain fascinating insights into the close relationship between Hobhouse and Lord Byron. Providing a mix of entertaining anecdotes and historical information, the volumes explore 'a country now made accessible by a few hours journey and familiar to us by every mode of illustration', acquainting the Victorian traveller (and now the modern reader) with the Italy 'of times long past'. Volume 1 begins with Hobhouse's journey from Switzerland to Italy in 1816 and records his impressions of cities including Milan, Verona, Venice and Rome.

Preface
1. Switzerland
2. Milan
3. De Breme
4. Milan
5. Brescia
6. Verona to Montebello
7. The banks of the Brenta
8. Few remains of republican Rome
9. Causes of destruction of Roman structures
10. Continuation of causes of dilapidation of Roman structures
11. Continuation of causes of dilapidation.

Subject Areas: European history [HBJD]