Travels in Sicily, Greece and Albania
Travels in Sicily, Greece and Albania
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GBPBetween 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. In Volume 2, Hughes describes the second leg of the journey, beginning in Epirus in Greece and moving through Albania before returning to England via Italy and France, noting important historical events that took place at each location and describing 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.
Product details
December 2014Paperback
9781108077583
418 pages
254 × 178 × 22 mm
0.72kg
16 b/w illus. 2 maps
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Table of Contents
- 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.
