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Travels in Sicily, Greece and Albania

Travels in Sicily, Greece and Albania
2 Volume Set

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Samuel Butler
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  • Date Published: December 2014
  • availability: Temporarily unavailable - available from TBC
  • format: Multiple copy pack
  • 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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    Thomas Smart Hughes

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    Samuel Butler

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