History of a Six Weeks' Tour Through a Part of France, Switzerland, Germany, and Holland e-bog

This vintage book contains a fascinating account of a six week-long tour through France, Switzerland, Germany, and Holland, written by Percy Bysshe Shelley. Also including letters describing a sail round the lake of Geneva and of the Glaciers of Chamouni, this fascinating and wonderfully-written account will appeal to those with an interest in early travel writing, and is a veritable must-have for lovers and collectors of Shelley's work. The chapters of this book include: "e;Some General Ideas"e;, "e;The Beginning of the Quarrel"e;, "e;The Peril of the Hour"e;, "e;The Chance of Recovery"e;, "e;Some Aspects of Big Business"e;, "e;The Bluff of the Big Shops"e;, "e;A Misunderstanding about Method"e;, "e;A Case in Point"e;, "e;The Tyranny of Trusts"e;, "e;Some Aspects of the Land"e;, etcetera. This antiquarian volume is being republished now in an affordable, modern edition - complete with a specially commissioned biography of the author.