Name/TitleA Hebridean Journey
EditionFirst
MakerStucley, Elizabeth
Maker RoleAuthor
About this objectHardback book with faded green covers titled 'A Hebridean Journey with Johnson and Bothwell' by Elizabeth Stucley. In her introduction, the author states: "During countless nights, I had drifted over the borderland of sleep by way of Boswell's eighteenth century Scotland. I knew by heart the conversations on the road, I had imagined all the people, their castles and their houses, and little by little I began to consider making the same tour myself in order to see how all this country fared today. What had happened in the houses in which the two travellers had stayed? Did they still stand? Were they still inhabited? And if so, was it by the descendants of the eighteenth century suzerains [feudal lords] ?"
Medium and MaterialsOrganic, board and paper
MeasurementsH: 220 x W: 145 x D: 22 mm
Date Made1956
Period1950s
Place MadeEngland, London
Place NotesChristopher Johnson Publishers Ltd, 11/14 Stanhope Mews West, London S.W.7
PublisherChristopher Johnson Publishers Ltd
Publication Date1956
Publication PlaceEngland, London
Subject and Association Descriptionhttps://janebadgerbooks.co.uk/british-authors/stucley-e-f:
Elizabeth Florence Stucley (1906-1974) came from North Devon, where her ancestors lived for centuries: they included Elizabethan pirates and Sir Richard Grenville of the Revenge. Elizabeth Stucley packed a considerable amount into her life. She taught, drove for the French Army during World War II (and apparently did a lot of escaping), nursed a consituency for the Conservative Party and wrote. Many of her books were informed by her own experiences; she ran a boys’ club, and wrote about her experiences in Teddy Boys’ Picnic (Anthony Blond, 1958). She also made a journey to the Hebrides, following the route of Johnson and Boswell (A Hebridean Journey with Boswell and Johnson, Christopher Johnson, 1956) [continues].
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Journal_of_a_Tour_to_the_Hebrides:
The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides with Samuel Johnson, LL.D. is a travel journal by Scotsman James Boswell first published in 1785. In 1773, Boswell enticed his English friend Samuel Johnson to accompany him on a tour through the Scottish Highlands and western islands of Scotland. Johnson was then in his mid-sixties and well known for his literary works and his Dictionary. The two travellers set out from Edinburgh and skirted the eastern and northeastern coasts of Scotland, passing through St Andrews, Aberdeen and Inverness. They then passed into the highlands and spent several weeks on various islands in the Hebrides, including Skye, Coll, and Mull. After a visit to Boswell's estate at Auchinleck, the travellers returned to Edinburgh. Johnson published his Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland on 18 January 1775 [continues].
Subject and Association Keywordswomen's writing & literature
Subject and Association Keywordstravel, travel writing
Subject and Association KeywordsScottish Highlands & Islands
Named CollectionGlasgow Women's Library
Object TypeBook
Object numberGWL-2025-108
Spine LabelA HEBRIDEAN JOURNEY ~ ELIZABETH STUCLEY ~ Christopher Johnon
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