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Product details:
- Edition number 1
- Publisher Routledge
- Date of Publication 19 January 2026
- ISBN 9781032834009
- Binding Paperback
- No. of pages268 pages
- Size 216x138 mm
- Weight 500 g
- Language English 689
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Short description:
First published in 1947, Over the Hills and Far Away takes the reader back to the holidays of olden times and then in the footsteps of the first holiday-makers on the European Continent in the 17th century.
MoreLong description:
First published in 1947, Over the Hills and Far Away takes the reader back to the holidays of olden times and then in the footsteps of the first holiday-makers on the European Continent in the 17th century. We watch the slow opening up of holiday facilities in the British Isles, first along roads which were mere tracks, then along improved roads until the opening of the railway era and the first holiday excursions.
We make the Grand Tour in the 18th century, we return to the ever-improving roads, we look in at representative Spas at home and abroad, we discover the British seaside; we bathe with George III at Weymouth and peep at a Blackpool jealously guarded as a select bathing resort. At home and abroad, we encounter gamblers, highwaymen, Alpine climbers, budding politicians, bathers, explorers. And in the last chapter we look back to the holiday world as it was in the summer of 1914 before the lights went out.
This book will be a fascinating read for anyone interested in knowing about three centuries of holidays.
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Foreword 1. Holidays Long Ago 2. Early Holidays Abroad 3. Britain Explored: England and Wales 4. Britain Explored: Scotland, Ireland, Isle of Man 5. Grand Tour 6. Some British Spas 7. Some Foreign Spas: The Tables 8. Discovery of the Seaside 9. Holidays by Rail 10. Back to the Road 11. Lake and Mountain 12. Switzerland: Conquest of the Alps 13. Further Afield 14. Winter Holidays: Health and Sport 15. Commonwealth and Empire 16. Before the Lights Went Out Authorities
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