The Grand Tour Diary of Frederica Murray, 1819-1820

Mark Guscin (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

288 Seiten

2024 | Unabridged edition
Cambridge Scholars Publishing (Verlag)
978-1-5275-6460-2 (ISBN)

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In 1819, the Murray family set out on one of the last Grand Tours before railways forever changed the way people travelled. The eldest daughter of the Second Earl of Mansfield, Lady Frederica Murray (later Stanhope, as she married James Hamilton Stanhope, the youngest son of the 3rd Earl of Stanhope) kept a diary on the tour, which this book explores in detail. The diary has never been published (not even mentioned in any of the Grand Tour literature) and is a fascinating and essential look at the Murray/Mansfield family, and Europe at the time. Frederica was a deeply observant traveller and noted down numerous picturesque and historical details; she was also very open and sometimes even cutting in her opinions when she came across something or someone she did not like. Frederica’s diary shows a very mature 19-year-old with clear opinions on art, literature and the world around her. This book will therefore be interesting for scholars of travel, Grand Tours, and Regency England and its society, as well as anyone with an interest in travel and history.

Mark Guscin obtained a first class honours degree in Latin and Greek from the University of Manchester (UK), and then a PhD in history from the Universities of London (UK) and Oviedo (Spain). He is the author of various books on popular and academic history, including an award-winning biography of Lady Hester Stanhope, which he wrote in Spanish, a biography of Sir John Moore (also in Spanish), and various books on religious history. His publications also include La Piedra del Destino (2006), The Tradition of the Image of Edessa (2016), A Very Good Sort of Man – A Biography of Charles Lewis Meryon (2017), The Murder of Asunta Yong Fang (2018), Las Coruñas del Mundo (2019), and The Life of James Hamilton Stanhope (2021). He also runs a translation agency in Spain.

Erscheinungsdatum	20.01.2024
Verlagsort	Newcastle upon Tyne
Sprache	englisch
Maße	148 x 212 mm
Themenwelt	Literatur ► Briefe / Tagebücher
	Reisen ► Reiseberichte
	Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Neuzeit (bis 1918)
ISBN-10	1-5275-6460-6 / 1527564606
ISBN-13	978-1-5275-6460-2 / 9781527564602
Zustand	Neuware