Travels in Italy, between the Years 1792 and 1798, Containing a View of the Late Revolutions in that Country
Also a Supplement, Comprising Instructions for Travelling in France

A classic guide for the Georgian tourist visiting Italy by one of the most highly-regarded nineteenth-century travel writers.

Mariana Starke (Author)

9781108018944, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 9 September 2010

470 pages
21.6 x 2.7 x 14 cm, 0.59 kg

Mariana Starke (c.1762–1838) published this work in 1802, launching her career as a travel writer. Volume 2 contains nine beautifully written letters which evaluate the cultural attractions of the cities of Rome, Naples, Pompeii, Florence, Bologna, and Venice and the cities' surrounding countryside. The guide gives detailed information on the climate, dialects, population, geography and medical facilities of each city. A supplement offers advice on visiting the major cities of France and using the main transport links between them. The work quickly became popular as it took into account the increasing trend for less affluent families to travel abroad. Starke offers a wealth of advice on affordable food, accommodation, transport and entertainment; her famous rating system, employing exclamation marks to signify the quality of a cultural site, was the precursor of the modern-day system of star-rating. It is a classic of nineteenth-century travel writing.

17. Piazza di S. Pietro
18. Excursion to Tivoli
19. Account of the country between Rome and Naples
20. Naples
21. Environs of Naples
22. Excursion to Baia
23. Journey from Rome through Perugia to Florence
24. Journey from Florence to Dresden
25. Dresden
Appendix
Notes
Supplement to the Appendix.

Subject Areas: Literary studies: general [DSB]