The Path to Rome
Decor Travel Poster. Graphic Art Design. Rome - Italy. Home Shop Wall Art. 1929
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The Path to Rome
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Rating: 4.0 / 5.0
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Hilaire Belloc’s best work, The Path to Rome is less concerned with Rome itself than with a pilgrim’s journey to the Eternal City. A spirited Catholic apologist, Belloc traveled on foot from France, across the Alps and the Apennines in order to “see all Europe which the Christian Faith has saved.” Includes 77 line drawings.
The Path to Rome
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The Path to Rome
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This is writen in a style and voice that is not found in modern works.
Rating: 4 / 5
Joseph Heloise Pierre René Belloc (July 27, 1870 – July 16, 1953) was one of the most prolific writers in England during the early twentieth century. This is a credible rendering of his views on religion and politics.
A worthy read. The Path to Rome (1902), an account of a walking trip he took from central France to Rome, has remained continuously in print.
If you are to read anything by Belloc, this would be an brilliant start.
Rating: 5 / 5
Rather than being the tale of Belloc’s conversion (he was a life-long Catholic), this is a travel book, written in 1902. Belloc undertakes to walk from Toul (in France) to Rome. He does end up cheating, but – twice he catches a train, and twice he hitches a ride on a cart. I want to follow in his footsteps one day. By car, of course – according to Google maps, it’s a 22 hour trip
Rating: 4 / 5
Written early in the 20th century, this tale of a walking trip to Rome is still one of the most compelling travel books ever written. What makes it fascinating is that the reader is in the company of an erudite and educated man who is thoroughly human. Recommended. FJQ
Rating: 5 / 5
Belloc shares his adventure of making a pilgrimage to Rome on foot in the early twentieth century (prior to World War I). He was “On the Road” fifty years before Kerouac on a spiritual journey full of faith, wit, gorgeous scenery, fascinating characters, and personal adventures.
Rating: 5 / 5
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