By Sarah Goldsmith In this post Dr Sarah Goldsmith introduces her new book, Masculinity and Danger on the Eighteenth-Century Grand Tour published by University of London Press on 30 November. Sarah’s book argues that argues that dangerous experiences...
Franco-British History5 January 2012Rosemary Sweet (University of Leicester)British Travellers in Italy in the 18th centurySummary: Both the Georgians and the Victorians were fascinated by Italy, but they saw the country with very different eyes. Eighteenth-century...
The Grand Tour, the 18th-century aristocratic rite of passage retraced earlier this year for Channel 4 by Kevin McCloud, is the focus of a new digital resource.Produced by Adam Matthew Digital, The Grand Tour collates letters, diaries, printed guidebooks, travel...
