A Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland & The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides

When James Boswell persuaded Samuel Johnson to embark on a tour of Boswell&#146;s native Scotland in 1773 the adventure resulted in two magnificent books Johnson&#146;s <i>Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland</i> and Boswell&#146;s<i>Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides</i>. Johnson offers a magisterial account of what was then a remote and rugged land while Boswell throws further light on the friend and mentor whom he immortalized in his biography. Together they make up a brilliant portrait of two very different and very remarkable men exploring a feudal world which was soon to pass away for ever.