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To The Hebrides
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Travel back to 18th-century Scotland with a literary giant exploring the islands
Johnson's celebrated journey to the Hebrides, a classic travel narrative
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About the Ebook
Samuel Johnson's Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland and James Boswell's Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides are widely regarded as among the best pieces of travel writing ever produced. Johnson and Boswell spent the autumn of 1773 touring Scotland as far west as the islands of Skye, Raasay, Coll, Mull, Ulva, Inchkenneth and Iona.
Highly readable, often profound, and at times very funny, their accounts of the 'jaunt' are above all a valuable record of a society undergoing rapid change.In this pioneering new edition, Ronald Black brings together the two men's starkly contrasting accounts of each of the thirteen stages of the journey. He also restores to Boswell's text 20,000 words from his journal which were denied entry to his book because they were intimate, defamatory, or about the islands rather than Johnson.
The endnotes incorporate Boswell's footnotes, translations of Latin passages, a clear summary of pre-existing information on the two texts, and a fresh focus on what the two men actually found on their trip. To the Hebrides also includes contemporary prints by Thomas Rowlandson, seventeen new maps and a comprehensive index.
Why You'll Love This Ebook
- Experience 18th-century Scotland through the eyes of one of literature's greatest writers
- Discover what the Hebrides were like before the modern age transformed them
- Read a masterpiece of travel writing that defined a genre
- Read another celebrated title from Birlinn Ltd - Independent Scottish Publisher
About the Author
James Boswell was a Scottish Biographer, diarist, and lawyer, born in Edinburgh. He is best known for his biography of the English writer Samuel Johnson, Life of Samuel Johnson. Samuel Johnson was an English writer and critic, and one of the most famous literary figures of the 18th century. Ronald Black (Raghnall MacilleDhuibh) is a retired senior lecturer in Celtic Studies at the University of Edinburgh and formerly Gaelic Editor of the Scotsman. He is a regular broadcaster and contributes to a wide variety of newspapers and journals. He lives in Peebles, Scotland.
Publication Details
Publisher: Birlinn Ltd
Publication Date: 28 September 2012
Print Length: 640 pages (Ebook edition)
ISBN (Ebook): 9780857905161
Format: Ebook
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