Grand Tour In the Eighteenth Century (Sandpiper Reprints of Sutton Publishing Editions)

354 pages. Travel for pleasure developed greatly in the 18th century and in this scholarly, yet accessible study, the author examines travel on the Continent, the so called Grand Tour. It describes in detail the modes of transport, the range of accommodation, the food and drink, the pleasures and hazards of travel, ranging from sex and sensibility to debt and dysentery as well as the effects of the French Revolution on the British tourist. Author builds up a vivid and frequently amusing picture of the travel experience of British aristocrats on the Continent.