Travels in Sicily, Greece and Albania

Published in 1820, this illustrated two-volume account traces a two-year trip through Spain, Sicily, Greece, Albania and Italy.

Thomas Smart Hughes (Author)

9781108077583, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 11 December 2014

418 pages, 16 b/w illus. 2 maps
25.4 x 17.8 x 2.2 cm, 0.72 kg

Between 1812 and 1814, Cambridge fellow and cleric Thomas Smart Hughes (1786–1847) and Robert Townley Parker, later an MP for Preston, embarked on a tour of Mediterranean countries, 'those theatres of the most interesting events recorded in the annals of history'. This two-volume account of their travels, illustrated with plates from the drawings of the architect Charles Robert Cockerell, was first published in 1820. In Volume 2, Hughes describes the second leg of the journey, beginning in Epirus in Greece and moving through Albania before returning to England via Italy and France, noting important historical events that took place at each location and describing the local legends, habits and customs. He quotes freely from other travel writers of the time, as well as from ancient authors and inscriptions encountered on the tour. Included also are anecdotes which render this account vivid and readable, allowing the author's personality and opinions to reveal themselves.

1. A history of Ioannina and its present condition
2. Marriage ceremonies
3. Invitation to a grand entertainment by the Vizir
4. Turkish society
5. Ali Pasha's early history
6. Ali's policy with regard to foreign powers and his own government
7. The siege of Suli
8. Ali endeavours to gain Parga
9. Excursion to the north of Albania
10. From Argyro-Castro to Berat
11. From Berat to Ioannina
12. Glyky and the Suliot mountains
13. From Suli to Prevesa and Santa Maura
14. Parga, Paxo and the coast of Epirus
15. Departure for Naples, arrival in England
Appendix.

Subject Areas: European history [HBJD]