Bible in Spain - Or, Journeys, Adventures, Imprisonments of an Englishman in an

Klappentext This 1843 travelogue! describing Spain and its 'exotic' population was hugely successful with early Victorian readers. Zusammenfassung In this lively three-volume account first published in 1843! the British adventurer and agent of the Bible Society! George Henry Borrow! describes his travels in Spain during the 1830s distributing the scriptures. The book's mixture of exotic travelogue and anti-Catholic sentiment proved very popular with early Victorian readers. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. The prohibition; 2. The two gospels; 3. Ofalia. 4; Maria Diaz; 5. Liberation from prison; 6. Villa Seca; 7. Aranjuez; 8. Return to Spain; 9. Work of distribution resumes; 10. Termination of our rural labours; 11. Projected journey; 12. The solitary house; 13. Night on the Guadalquivir; 14. Cadiz; 15. The jolly hostler; 16. Genoese mariners; 17. Again on board; 18. The mole; 19. The Mahasni; 20. Strange trio.

Product details

• Authors: George Henry Borrow, Borrow George Henry
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.04.2010
• EAN: 9781108009997
• ISBN: 978-1-108-00999-7
• No. of pages: 404
• Series: Cambridge Library Collection -; Cambridge Library Collection - Religion; The Bible in Spain 3 Volume Paperback Set
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Biographies, autobiographies; Spain, RELIGION / Christianity / History, RELIGION / Christianity / General, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, Christianity, History of Religion, Church history