A Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland & The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides

Samuel Johnson & James Boswell author

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Everyman

Published:28th Mar '02

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When James Boswell persuaded Samuel Johnson to embark on a tour of Boswell’s native Scotland in 1773, the adventure resulted in two magnificent books, Johnson’s Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland and Boswell’sJournal of a Tour to the Hebrides. Johnson offers a magisterial account of what was then a remote and rugged land, while Boswell throws further light on the friend and mentor whom he immortalized in his biography. Together, they make up a brilliant portrait of two very different and very remarkable men exploring a feudal world which was soon to pass away for ever.

ISBN: 9781857152531

Dimensions: 212mm x 136mm x 31mm

Weight: 572g

504 pages