Italy; with Sketches of Spain and Portugal

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The book Italy; with Sketches of Spain and Portugal appears here as a third edition in two volumes. The writer says that a grand service was to be performed next day in honour of St. John the Baptist, so the writer determined to stay one day longer at Antwerp. The writer describes surveying the celebrated Descent from the Cross, which has ever been esteemed the master-piece of Rubens.

The contents list names, among others, an Excursion to Pagliavam and Dismal labyrinths in the Dutch style. The contents list also names, among others, the Consecration of the Bishop of Algarve and a Festival of the Corpo de Deos. The writer recalls declaring loudly that there was no music but Spanish, no dancing but Spanish.

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William Beckford

William Beckford (1760-1844) was an English novelist, critic, and famously wealthy eccentric who built the extravagant Gothic pile of Fonthill Abbey. A collector, traveller, and dilettante, he is remembered chiefly for Vathek, the oriental Gothic tale he wrote in his early twenties.

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Author: William Beckford
Reading time: About 10 hours
Pages: 272
Language: English
Genre: Travelogue
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