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It's about Celia Fiennes' Through England on a Side Saddle In the Time of William and Mary "She travelled around England on horseback between 1684 and about 17
by yesenadam 8y ago
It's about Celia Fiennes' Through England on a Side Saddle In the Time of William and Mary
"She travelled around England on horseback between 1684 and about 1703, "to regain my health by variety and change of aire and exercise". At this time the idea of travel for its own sake was still novel, and Fiennes was exceptional as an enthusiastic woman traveller."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celia_Fiennes https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celia_Fiennes
Download her book as pdf, epub etc: https://archive.org/details/throughenglando00fiengoog https://archive.org/details/throughenglando00fiengoog
That 1888 edition is the first complete one.
- yesenadam 8y agoAnd I found this: http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/travellers/ http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/travellers/ Which has Celia's book (or most of it) with the locations marked on maps, and books by dozens of other early travellers around Britain.
- 52-6F-62 8y agoThat century was not a quiet one, either. It was a very important time for Scotland, and a bloody one at that. Haven’t read through it yet but I wonder how far north she went
- barrkel 8y agoIf the name Fiennes brings to mind actor Ralph Fiennes and his cousin explorer Ranulph Fiennes, it's no coincidence: they are related. Wikipedia has several overview pages: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Fiennes_family https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Fiennes_family https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes_family https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes_fami...