Lord D***S First and Second Excursion to Paris, Being a Fortnight's Ramble: Together With His Subsequent Visit

Lord D***S First And Second Excursion To Paris, Being A Fortnight's Ramble: Together With His Subsequent Visit by Jean Jacques Rutledge. This work traces a day-by-day memoir of a young English nobleman's second journey to Paris in the late 18th century. Translated by Francis Levesque, Sr., it blends a travelogue with social satire as the narrator encounters a parade of Parisian temptations—opulent hotels, a mercurial Doctor, aristocratic salons, perfumed courtesans, card rooms, and theatre life. The diary-like chapters recount arrivals, first introductions, dinners, whist and other games, moneyed bravado, and deceits that illuminate the risks of urban pleasures. Across episodes of flirtation, betrayal, debt, and imprisonment, the memoir offers a vivid, often sardonic portrait of Parisian manners, language, and appetite for novelty. It functions as both entertainment and moral instruction for travelers, presenting a panorama of vice and virtue, and a voice that observes the social and economic tensions of the era with wit and candor. The narrator's arc moves from confident youth toward repentance and reflection, making the work a cautionary travelogue.