Travels Through France and Italy (Esprios Classics)

Travels Through France and Italy is travel literature by Tobias Smollett published in 1766. After suffering the loss of his only child 15-year-old Elizabeth in April 1763 Smollett left England in June of that year. Together with his wife he traveled across France to Nice. In the autumn of the next year he visited Genoa Rome Florence and other towns of Italy. After staying in Nice for the winter he returned to London by June 1765. Travels Through France and Italy is his account of this journey. Smollett describes in great detail the natural phenomena history social life economics diet and morals of the places he visited. Smollett had a lively and pertinacious curiosity and as his novels prove a very quick eye.