The Bible in Spain
Or, the Journeys, Adventures, and Imprisonments of an Englishman in an Attempt to Circulate the Scriptures in the Peninsula

This 1843 travelogue, describing Spain and its 'exotic' population was hugely successful with early Victorian readers.

George Henry Borrow (Author)

9781108009980, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 1 April 2010

412 pages
21.6 x 2.3 x 14 cm, 0.52 kg

George Borrow (1803–1881) was a British author, adventurer, and agent of the Bible Society whose journeys in the mid-nineteenth century took him to both Russia and Spain. His experiences are reflected in books including The Zincali (1841) and his best-known publication, The Bible in Spain (1843). Described by Borrow as 'the journey, adventures, and imprisonment of an Englishman in an attempt to circulate the scriptures in the peninsula', it is mostly a compilation of his voluminous correspondence with the Bible Society. In this second volume, Borrow discusses his efforts to publish and distribute the New Testament among Spanish Catholics. The book, at once an exotic travelogue and a document revealing the religious tensions of the period, was enthusiastically received by early Victorian readers.

1. Arrival at Madrid
2. Illness
3. Departure from Salamanca
4. Dueñas
5, Astorga
6. Departure from Astorga
7. Villafranca
8. Lugo
9. Compostella
10. Skippers of Padron
11. Arrival at Padron
12. Autumnal morning
13. Coruña
14. Martin of Rivadeo
15. Oviedo
16. Departure from Oviedo
17. Departure from Salamander
18. State of affairs at Madrid
19. Euscarra.

Subject Areas: Church history [HRCC2]