A Traveller in Southern Italy
by H. V. Morton
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When the Autostrade del Sole extended south from Naples to the Reggio di Calabria, H.V. Morton seized the chance to explore a part of Italy that was comparatively unknown. He went from the heel to the toe of Italy and explored the undeveloped rivers of the Tyrrhenian and Ionian coastlines, met local peoples and learned about their traditions and folklore, and discovered an Italy not previously exposed to travellers.Tags
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Morton is excellent, yet again!
The book ended too soon, but while I was reading it I had an informed campanion that made me feel I was traveling at his elbow. Steeped in relevant conversational history that goes down before the reader knows it's history. He has sympathy for the people he meets and the places he seeks out. The book was written in 1968 but is a must for anyone traveling south of Rome today. Be warned it will want to make you go there.
The book ended too soon, but while I was reading it I had an informed campanion that made me feel I was traveling at his elbow. Steeped in relevant conversational history that goes down before the reader knows it's history. He has sympathy for the people he meets and the places he seeks out. The book was written in 1968 but is a must for anyone traveling south of Rome today. Be warned it will want to make you go there.
H. V. Mortons rejsebeskrivelse på turen gennem det sydlige Italien foregår først i 1960'erne. Han er en fantastisk medlevende skribent, og han formår at komme ind på livet af de mennesker, der bor på de steder, han besøger. Samtidig kan han fortælle rigtig meget og interessant om meget af det historiske, lige fra korstogsridderne, romertiden, og hvad der ellers er sket i det sydlige Italien igennem tiden. Kan varmt anbefales.
Jun 3, 2016Danish
Knappe introductie tot Zuid-Italiê, vol leuke anekdotes en veel historische achtergrond.
Aug 28, 2010Dutch
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H. V. Morton began writing as an undergraduate in England. By the time he was 19, he became assistant editor of the Birmingham Gazette and Express. Later he joined the staff of the Daily Mail in London. Returning home from the British army after World War I, he realized how little he actually knew his country. His explorations led him to write a show more travel series later published by Dodd. He has been called "perhaps the greatest living authority on the material being of the British Isles---that is to say, on their landscape, buildings, monuments, customs and history." As a devout churchman, he has also written several books on biblical personages and places. He was an experienced and worldly traveler who had a "unique talent for capturing the essence of lives long past." (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- Original publication date
- 1969
- Important places
- Italy
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- Leaving Rome early one morning in May, I arrived at Tivoli before the baker's boy. Chairs were still piled on the tables of the cafe, and the room, littered with the evidence of last night's dinners--the unremoved bottle, the... (show all) filled ash-tray--wore that raffish air which the freshness of early sunlight bestows upon such scenes.
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