Greece and the Levant; Or, Diary of a Summer's Excursion in 834: With Epistolary Supplements: Volume 1

Richard Burgess

ISBN 10: 0461956454 / ISBN 13: 9780461956450

Published by HardPress

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• Title: Greece and the Levant; Or, Diary of a Summer's Excursion in 834: With Epistolary Supplements: Volume 1
• Publisher: HardPress
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0461956454
• ISBN 13: 9780461956450
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

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Greece And The Levant; Or, Diary Of A Summer's Excursion In 834: With Epistolary Supplements — Richard Burgess. This two-volume travelogue, first published in 1835, records Burgess's remarkable 1834 journey through the Mediterranean and Greek world, from Naples and Otranto to Corfu, Yanina, Epirus, the Morea, and Athens, with epistolary passages addressed to private correspondents. The volumes blend intimate travel observations with topographical detail, antiquities, and reflections on modern Greece under Ottoman rule and the early Greek state. Burgess interweaves vivid descriptions of landscapes, ruins, and classical sites (Corfu, Dodona, Epidaurus, Olympia, Marathon, the Acropolis and its monuments) with portraits of political events, ecclesiastical life, and missionary activities in the Ionian Islands. The narrative alternates between practical travel information—roads, journeys, inns—and broader inquiries into history, religion, and national identity. Structured around letters (I–X) and chapters tracing routes across Italy, the Ionian archipelago, and the mainland, the work offers a detailed, literary panorama of Greece and the Levant in the era of independence.