Legini Press © 2000 - 2019
Visitors to Verona
- Lovers, Gentlemen and Adventurers
by Caroline Webb
Even
before
the
advent
of
mass
tourism,
Verona
was
a
popular
destination
with
travellers,
including
those
undertaking
the
popular
'GrandTour'
across
Europe.
In
this
book,
Caroline
Webb
compares
the
experiences
of
travellers
from
the
era
of
Shakespeare
to
the
years
following
the
incorporation
of
the
Veneto
into
the
new
kingdom
of
Italy
in
1866.
She
considers
their
reasons
for
visiting
Verona
as
well
as
their
experiences
and
expectations
once
they arrived.
The
majority
of
English
visitors
between
1670
and
1760
were
young
members
of
the
aristocracy,
accompanied
by
tutors,
who
arrived
on
their
way
to
or
from
Rome,
as
part
of
a
'Grand
Tour'
intended
to
'finish'
their
classical
education.
With
the
Industrial
Revolution
in
the
second
half
of
the
eighteenth
century,
and
the
growing
wealth
of
the
upper
middle
classes,
the
number
of
visitors
to
Verona
increased,
although
this
tourism
was
interrupted
after
the
invasion
of
Italy
by
Napoleon
in
the
later
I
790s.
After
1815
and
the
allied
victory
at
Waterloo
there
was
a
new
flood
of
visitors,
previously deprived of the opportunity of continental travel during the Napoleonic wars.
As
the
nineteenth
century
progressed,
especially
with
the
arrival
of
the
railway,
an
increasing
number
of
visitors
appeared
from
across
Europe
and
even
from
across
the
Atlantic,
keen
to
explore
the
fabled
city
of
Shakespeare's
Romeo
and
Juliet.
In
comparing
a
myriad
of
varied
accounts,
this
book provides an unrivalled perspective on the history of one of Italy's most seductive cities.
'This
book
is
a
delight
to
read
and
provides
a
charming
and
fresh
picture
of
Verona's
daily
life
in
past
centuries.
The author combines facts and travellers' accounts with masterly skill in a cohesive and lively framework.'
Professor Giandemetrio Marangoni, University of Verona
‘This is a richly informative cornucopia of travel accounts of one of Italy’s most fascinating cities’.
Dr Edward Chaney, Professor of Fine and Decorative Arts at Southampton Solent University
Caroline
Webb
graduated
in
History
from
the
University
of
London
and
read
Italian
and
Art History
in
Cambridge
and
Verona.
She
has
worked
as
a
historical
researcher
and
teacher
and
is
co-author
of
The Earl
and
His
Butler
in
Constantinople:
The
Secret
Diary
of
an
English
Servant
among
the
Ottomans (
I.B. Tauris, 2008
).
Available at your local bookshop,
online via Amazon
or
I.B. Tauris
I Hardback I 264 pages I 226 x 155 mm I 9781784536473 I December 2016
Legini Press © 2000 - 2019
Even
before
the
advent
of
mass
tourism,
Verona
was
a
popular
destination
with
travellers,
including
those
undertaking
the
popular
'GrandTour'
across
Europe.
In
this
book,
Caroline
Webb
compares
the
experiences
of
travellers
from
the
era
of
Shakespeare
to
the
years
following
the
incorporation
of
the
Veneto
into
the
new
kingdom
of
Italy
in
1866.
She
considers
their
reasons
for
visiting
Verona
as
well
as
their
experiences and expectations once they arrived.
The
majority
of
English
visitors
between
1670
and
1760
were
young
members
of
the
aristocracy,
accompanied
by
tutors,
who
arrived
on
their
way
to
or
from
Rome,
as
part
of
a
'Grand
Tour'
intended
to
'finish'
their
classical
education.
With
the
Industrial
Revolution
in
the
second
half
of
the
eighteenth
century,
and
the
growing
wealth
of
the
upper
middle
classes,
the
number
of
visitors
to
Verona
increased,
although
this
tourism
was
interrupted
after
the
invasion
of
Italy
by
Napoleon
in
the
later
I
790s.
After
1815
and
the
allied
victory
at
Waterloo
there
was
a
new
flood
of
visitors,
previously
deprived
of
the
opportunity
of
continental travel during the Napoleonic wars.
As
the
nineteenth
century
progressed,
especially
with
the
arrival
of
the
railway,
an
increasing
number
of
visitors
appeared
from
across
Europe
and
even
from
across
the
Atlantic,
keen
to
explore
the
fabled
city
of
Shakespeare's
Romeo
and
Juliet.
In
comparing
a
myriad
of
varied
accounts,
this
book
provides
an
unrivalled
perspective
on
the
history of one of Italy's most seductive cities.
'This
book
is
a
delight
to
read
and
provides
a
charming
and
fresh
picture
of
Verona's
daily
life
in
past
centuries.
The
author
combines
facts
and
travellers'
accounts
with
masterly
skill
in
a
cohesive and lively framework.'
Professor
Giandemetrio
Marangoni
,
University
of
Verona
‘This
is
a
richly
informative
cornucopia
of
travel
accounts of one of Italy’s most fascinating cities’.
Dr
Edward
Chaney
,
Professor
of
Fine
and
Decorative Arts at Southampton Solent University
Caroline
Webb
graduated
in
History
from
the
University
of
London
and
read
Italian
and
Art History
in
Cambridge
and
Verona.
She
has
worked
as
a
historical
researcher
and
teacher
and
is
co-author
of
The
Earl
and
His
Butler
in
Constantinople:
The
Secret
Diary
of
an
English
Servant among the Ottomans (I.BTauris, 2008).
Available
at
your
local
bookshop
or
online
via
Amazon
I
Hardback
I
264
pages
I
226
x
155
mm
I
9781784536473 I December 2016
