222. Victorian Holidays

“Lucy Lethbridge has a brilliant book that's just come out called Tourists, which looks at the 19th and early 20th centuries and the invention of mass tourism by the British.”

“I loved learning from Lucy Lethbridge's book that the publisher of what is widely thought to be the first guidebook was also the publisher of Byron.”

“John Murray, who published Child Harold's Pilgrimage, this great poetic account of a doomed romantic figure crossing a Europe of ruins and romantic bandits.”

“John Murray is also publishing what she called Marianna Stark, which was published in 1820, travels on the continent.”

“A bloke in 1844 writes a book called Quacks and Quackery, discussing the crafty adventurers thriving on English credulity in relation to spas.”

“Mentioned in relation to William Morris's trip to Iceland and his obsession with Norse myths, leading to Tolkien's works.”

“Mentioned in relation to William Morris's trip to Iceland and his obsession with Norse myths, leading to Tolkien's works.”

“Discussed as a classic novel and its adaptation by Merchant Ivory, focusing on the character Lucy Honeychurch's experiences in Italy.”

“Mentioned in the context of rich American heiresses traveling to Europe, a theme in Henry James's books.”

“Mentioned in the context of rich American heiresses traveling to Europe, a theme in Henry James's books.”

“If you ever read Thomas Mann's book, Buddenbrook's brilliant novel, actually. About a German family. They're always going to Travemunde, which is near Lübeck.”

“The podcast mentions reading the poem '1914' by Philip Larkin as a fitting tribute on the 100th anniversary of his birthday.”