by Derek Cooper · Chambers Harrap Publishers Ltd · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780550225313
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«Road to the Isles» is Derek Cooper's travel essay, published by Chambers Harrap in paperback (198 pages, in English).
«Road to the Isles» brings together diaries and memoirs of travelers who explored the Hebrides between 1770 and the summer of 1914, such as Boswell, Scott, Mendelssohn and Queen Victoria, alongside Derek Cooper's own experiences. It is a varied portrait of life, history and landscape of the Scottish archipelago over more than a century.
The full title is 'Road to the Isles: Travellers in the Hebrides 1770-1914'; the work was originally published in 1979 and this edition is from 1991.
Recommended for readers interested in Scotland, travel literature and the history of the Hebrides between the 18th and 20th centuries.
