What I Remember

Thomas Trollope was a writer and historian of Italian history. His memoir is an intimate account of his eventful life.

Thomas Adolphus Trollope (Author)

9781108022941, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 2 December 2010

434 pages, 1 b/w illus.
21.6 x 2.5 x 14 cm, 0.55 kg

Thomas Adolphus Trollope (1810–1892), historian and writer, was born into a literary family. His mother Frances was a travel writer and his brother Anthony the renowned novelist. Thomas led an eventful life, partly due to his family's precarious financial situation. His father was forced to flee to Bruges in 1834 to escape the debtor's prison and after her husband's death Fanny had to support her dependent children through her writing. She was aided by Thomas, who became her literary agent whilst pursuing his own writing. They moved to Italy in 1843 where Thomas published books concerning Italian history and entertained guests including George Eliot. His three-volume memoir, published after the death of his mother and his first wife Theodosia, contains an intimate account of his life. Volume 3 covers Trollope's observations on Italian political life and his marriage to his second wife Frances Ternan.

1. A second life
2. A great temptation
3. Mr. Marsh
4. A dishonest cook
5. The Bruges carillon
6. Political excitement
7. Florence
8. The question of Rome
9. Antiquities of Ravenna
10. Milan
11. Municipal bankruptcy
12. Italy without an enemy
13. Gondolas and gondoliers
14. Venice
15. From Venice to Florence
16. Ricorboli
17. A Protestant district
18. A singular hallucination
19. An uncomfortable journey
20. Scarcity of lodgings in Rome
21. A meet at the Campagna
22. Frascati
23. A remarkable sermon
24. An interesting district
25. Unsuitable lodgings
26. A rude mountain hostelry
27. A curious mistake
28. Conclusion
Index.

Subject Areas: Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900 [DSBF]