Two Hundred And Nine Days: Or, The Journal Of A Traveller On The Continent - Softcover

Thomas Jefferson Hogg

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0461750430 ISBN 13: 9780461750430

Publisher: HardPress, 1826

Synopsis

Two Hundred And Nine Days: Or, The Journal Of A Traveller On The Continent by Thomas Jefferson Hogg. This travelogue records the author's journey across Italy in the early 19th century, detailing experiences in Rome, Naples, Pompeii, and other sites, with keen observations on art, architecture, antiquities, religion, and society. The diary blends first-hand travel narrative with pointed social critique and reflections on culture, governance, and travel itself. Through encounters with officials, museum curators, and local inhabitants, the author offers a candid, often ironic portrait of continental travel, the Roman church, Vatican collections, and the Italian landscape, interweaving literary and political commentary with vivid scene-setting, sketches of churches, palaces, ruins, and the everyday realities of moving through a Europe undergoing change. The work stands as a notable early-19th-century travelogue, rich in observation and critical voice about the Continental tour and its broader cultural implications.

Edition details

• Publisher: HardPress
• Publication date: 1826
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0461750430
• ISBN 13: 9780461750430
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 334