Books with title The Stranger in France: or a Tour from Devonshire to Paris

The little tour which gave birth to the following remarks, was takenimmediately after the exchange of the ratifications of a peace,necessary, but not inglorious to my country, after a contestunexampled in its cause, calamity, extension, vicissitudes and glory;amidst a people who, under the influence of a political change,hitherto unparallelled, were to be approached as an order of beings,exhibiting a moral and political form before but little known tothemselves and to the world, in the abrupt removal of habits andsentiments which had silently and uninterruptedly taken deep rootin the soil of ages.During a separation of ten years, we have received very little accountof this extraordinary people, which could be relied upon. Dissimilarsensations, excited by their principles and proceedings, ever partiallyand irregularly known, have depicted unaccording representationsof them, and, in the sequel, have exhibited rather a high-coloured,fanciful delineation, than a plain and faithful resemblance of theoriginal. Many are the persons who have been thus misled.These fugitive sketches, in which an attempt is made to delineate,just as they occurred, those scenes which, to my mind at least, werenew and interesting, were originally penned for the private perusalof those whom I esteem; and by their persuasion they are nowoffered to the public eye. Amongst them I must be permitted toindulge in the pride and pleasure of enumerating William Hayley,esq. a name familiar and dear to every elegant and polished mind.Enlightened by his emendations, and supported by the cherishingspirit of his approval, I approach, with a more subduedapprehension, the tribunal of public opinion; and to my friends Idedicate this humble result of a short relaxation from the duties of ananxious and laborious profession. If, by submitting to their wishes, Ihave erred, I have only to offer, that it is my first, and shall be mylast offence.Totnes, August, 1802. JOHN CARR.

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Sir John Carr (1772-1832) was an English barrister, illustrator, poet and traveller throughout Europe. In 1805 he was knighted by the Duke of Bedford. His works include: The Stranger in France; or, A Tour From Devonshire to Paris (1803), The Stranger in Ireland; or, A Tour in the Southern and Western Parts in the Year 1805 (1806), Poems (1809) and Travels in the Southern and Eastern Parts of Spain (1811).

About the Book France made up the bulk of the region that was known to the Romans as Gaul. The Gauls, the largest ethno-linguistic group, were Celtic people speaking the Gaulish language. In the later stages of the Roman Empire, Gaul was subject to barbarian raids and migration, most importantly by the Germanic Franks. In 1328 began a series of conflicts known as the Hundred Years' War between the House of Valois and the House of Plantagenet. In the 16th century France developed a great colonial empire, reaching a zenith under the rule of Louis XIV, "The Sun King", who built the Versailles Palace. The monarchy was overthrown in the French Revolution, which resulted in the rise of Napoleon and the Napoleonic Wars, resulting in millions of deaths throughout Europe. In the 19th century France wavered between republic and monarchy until the French Third Republic of 1870. France was the scene of heavy fighting against Germany in World War 1 and was conquered by Nazi Germany in World War 2, resulting in a collaborationist Vichy regime (lasting to 1942). Charles de Gaulle established the French Fifth Republic in 1958.Also in this Book Continental European drama has a rich history. In Germany during the 19th century there was a revolution in theater architecture, and the introduction of German Romanticism. German writers increasingly focussed on their Teutonic past and promoted nationalism in the plays of Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, and Friedrich Schiller. In time, Romanticism was adopted in France through the plays of Victor Hugo, Alexandre Dumas, Alfred de Musset, and George Sand. European dramatists who were awarded the Nobel Prizes included Jose Echagaray and Jacinto Benavente (Spain), Paul Heyse and Paul Heyse (Germany), and Maurice Maeterlinck (Belgium).And in this Book France is a country in Western Europe. It has long been a centre for art and philosophy and has many of the world UNESCO world heritage sites. It has the largest number of tourists in the world, and is considered a world power both economically and militarily. France is famous for its wine making, and the Alps on its eastern border.About us Leopold Classic Library has the goal of making available to readers the classic books that have been out of print for decades. While these books may have occasional imperfections, we consider that only hand checking of every page ensures readable content without poor picture quality, blurred or missing text etc. That's why we: republish only hand checked books; that are high quality; enabling readers to see classic books in original formats; that are unlikely to have missing or blurred pages. You can search "Leopold Classic Library" in categories of your interest to find other books in our extensive collection. Happy reading!