John Cam Hobhouse's 1859 publication provides a detailed account of his travels around Italy between 1816 and 1854. The two volumes contain informative descriptions of the places, people and politics of nineteenth-century Italy, and the reader will gain fascinating insights into the close relationship between Hobhouse and Lord Byron. Providing a mix of entertaining anecdotes and historical information, the volumes explore 'a country now made accessible by a few hours journey and familiar to us by every mode of illustration', acquainting the Victorian traveller (and now the modern reader) with the Italy 'of times long past'. Volume 2 focuses mainly on the churches, monuments, temples and ruins of Ancient Rome.
12. The Capitol; 13. Capitoline ascents; 14. St Martina; 15. The Arco de' Pantani; 16. The Palatine and arch of Constantine; 17. The Mamertine and Tullian prisons; 18. The castle of Sant' Angelo; 19. The pyramid of Cestius; 20. Nemi; 21; Rienzi; Appendix.