Travels in Sicily, Greece and Albania
2 Volume Set
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- Author: Thomas Smart Hughes
- Date Published: December 2014
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- isbn: 9781108077569
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Between 1812 and 1814, Cambridge fellow and cleric Thomas Smart Hughes (1786–1847) and Robert Townley Parker, later an MP for Preston, embarked on a tour of Mediterranean countries, 'those theatres of the most interesting events recorded in the annals of history'. This two-volume account of their travels, illustrated with plates from the drawings of the architect Charles Robert Cockerell, was first published in 1820. Volume 1 traces the journey from Gibraltar, through Sicily, to many important classical sites in Greece. Volume 2 begins in Epirus, moves through Albania, and covers the return to England via Italy and France. Hughes notes important historical events that took place at each location and describes the local legends, habits and customs. He quotes freely from other travel writers of the time, as well as from ancient authors and inscriptions encountered on the tour. Included also are anecdotes which render this account vivid and readable, allowing the author's personality and opinions to reveal themselves.
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- Date Published: December 2014
- format: Multiple copy pack
- isbn: 9781108077569
- length: 988 pages
- dimensions: 254 x 178 x 51 mm
- weight: 1.76kg
- availability: Temporarily unavailable - available from TBC
Table of Contents
Volume 1:
1. Arrival in Sicily
2. Journey to Syracuse
3. Site of Acradina
4. Catania and Messina
5. View of the city of Zante
6. Patras to Argos
7. Argos and Tiryns
8. Journey to Athens
9. Walk in Athens
10. Excursions from Athens
11. Thebes and Livadia
12. Delphi
13. From Delphi to Prevesa
14. Prevesa and Nicopolis
15. Arta and Ioannina
16. Visit to the Vizir in the fortress
17. Departure for an excursion into Thesprotia
A dissertation on the Oracle of Dodona Samuel Butler. Volume 2:
1. A history of Ioannina and its present condition
2. Marriage ceremonies
3. Invitation to a grand entertainment by the Vizir
4. Turkish society
5. Ali Pasha's early history
6. Ali's policy with regard to foreign powers and his own government
7. The siege of Suli
8. Ali endeavours to gain Parga
9. Excursion to the north of Albania
10. From Argyro-Castro to Berat
11. From Berat to Ioannina
12. Glyky and the Suliot mountains
13. From Suli to Prevesa and Santa Maura
14. Parga, Paxo and the coast of Epirus
15. Departure for Naples, arrival in England
Appendix.
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