The Travel Writings of John Moore

by Robertson,Ben P

• ISBN13: 9781848930995
• ISBN10: 1848930992
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2014-06-01
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

John Moore (1729-1802) was a Scottish physician who, in his later years, travelled extensively and wrote immensely popular epistolary accounts of these travels. Visits with Voltaire, Frederick the Great, Prince Charles Edward Stuart, the Pope and other illustrious figures are recorded, as well as Moore's first-hand account of the September Massacres and the downfall of the French monarchy during the Revolution.Moore's work was very popular and brought him international fame. He became friends with Edmund Burke, Sir Joshua Reynolds and Robert Burns, and also wrote three novels which were admired by Lord Byron and Maria Edgeworth. Later, Thomas Carlyle quoted from Moore's travel writings in his seminal work, The French Revolution (1837). Despite this, his travel writings have not been available since 1820. This collection will be the first in almost two centuries to present Moore's Travel Writings to historians and literary scholars of the eighteenth-century.The Travel Writings will form an important research tool for their clues about social constraints and expectations, and will be invaluable for their first-hand account of significant contemporary events. Full editorial apparatus includes a general introduction and extensive explanatory notes.