Bridle Roads Of Spain A Journey From Gibraltar To The Pyrenees In 1852
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Bridle Roads Of Spain A Journey From Gibraltar To The Pyrenees In 1852
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Author : George Cayley
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2004-11
Bridle Roads Of Spain A Journey From Gibraltar To The Pyrenees In 1852 written by George Cayley and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004-11 with Travel categories.
Think of the words forgotten classic, then look at this book. For resting under the words Bridles Road of Spain is the most beautifully written equestrian travel account of the 19th century. Even in that age of bold and prolific Long Rider authors, no other work enjoyed this book s unique mixture of dashing exploits and enchanted writing. For this was no mere boy s own adventure. Rather, it was the keen-eyed memoir of a mounted poet, whose unique journey recorded a beloved country and then passed into literary oblivion itself. Oh, to be twenty-five, young and in love. For that was what George Cayley was, when he set out in 1852 to ride across one of the most romantic countries in the world. Accompanied by a fellow wandering spirit, the young Englishmen donned the dashing clothes of caballeros, bought two fiery steeds called the Moor and the Cid, then never looked back. Travellers seldom realize they are witnessing the passing of an age. Yet having just arrived from England, with its enthusiastic embrace of the mechanical marvels of the Victorian age, Cayley appreciated and wrote about the still-tranquil life he discovered in Spain. A student of the classics, he wrote movingly about the landscape before the intrusion of the motorized age. The young horseman saw no trains, just lonely mountains. He found few good roads, but plenty of sun-swept villages. He enjoyed scanty fare, but mixed with jubilant people. His journey took him through a slumbering Espana, from brooding Gibraltar, past glorious Granada, round Ronda, across Segovia and on to the peaks of the Pyrenees. Thus, it was while he was intoxicated with the magic of Spain, that Cayley stumbled on the birthplace of that country s greatest literary work of art. At the village of Argamasilla del Alba, the young writer made a pilgrimage to the cellar where Don Quixote had been written. It was there, in a damp, underground cell that Miguel Cervantes had penned the magnificent novel, while draped in chains. The words Cayley wrote about Cervantes and Don Quixote serve as a signpost to us today. Rare heart, bright focus of human sympathies, which in one book couldst stuff so much good-fellowship, and wit, and truth, that all thy fellow-men, generation after generation, must go on reading it for ever and a day; while every one of the millions who read, feels towards thee as a personal friend, the Englishman wrote about the Spaniard. Those kind words, written to enshrine the deeds of his fellow author, now ring true when applied to Cayley s masterpiece of equestrian travel literature.
Catalogue Of The Library Of The Boston Athenaeum
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1880
Catalogue Of The Library Of The Boston Athenaeum written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1880 with American literature categories.
Catalogue 1807 1871
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Author : Boston Mass, Athenaeum, libr
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1880
Catalogue 1807 1871 written by Boston Mass, Athenaeum, libr and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1880 with categories.
Catalogue Of The Library Of The Boston Athenaeum 1807 1871
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Author : Boston Athenaeum
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1880
Catalogue Of The Library Of The Boston Athenaeum 1807 1871 written by Boston Athenaeum and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1880 with American literature categories.
Catalogue Of The Mercantile Library Of Philadelphia
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Author : ohne Autor
language : en
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
Release Date : 2020-04-08
Catalogue Of The Mercantile Library Of Philadelphia written by ohne Autor and has been published by BoD – Books on Demand this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-04-08 with Fiction categories.
Reprint of the original, first published in 1870.
Subject Index Of The London Library
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Author : London Library
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1909
Subject Index Of The London Library written by London Library and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1909 with Catalogs, Subjects categories.
Catalogue Of The Mercantile Library Of Philadelphia Edited By J Edmands
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Author : Mercantile Library Company (PHILADELPHIA)
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1870
Catalogue Of The Mercantile Library Of Philadelphia Edited By J Edmands written by Mercantile Library Company (PHILADELPHIA) and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1870 with categories.
Catalogue Of The Mercantile Library Of Philadelphia
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Author : Mercantile Library of Philadelphia
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1870
Catalogue Of The Mercantile Library Of Philadelphia written by Mercantile Library of Philadelphia and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1870 with Dictionary catalogs categories.
Heroic Spain
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Author : Elizabeth Boyle O'Reilly
language : en
Publisher: Library of Alexandria
Release Date : 1910-01-01
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Travels In Central Asia
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Author : Ármin Vámbéry
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1864
Travels In Central Asia written by Ármin Vámbéry and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1864 with Asia, Central categories.