The Path to Rome
Type
Book
Authors
Category
Travel
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Publication Year
1961
Publisher
Image Books, United States
Pages
270
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Description
"A really great book." Catholic World
"The Path to Rome is from the standpoint of sheer enjoyment, probably Belloc's greatest prose work. Formally, it is what its name suggests - a description of a journey on foot to Rome. The author's progress takes him from Lorraine, at the borderland between Germany and France, down through the Moselle valley, through part of Switzerland, and across the Lombard plain to Rome. Any one who knows Belloc will know that The Path to Rome is far more than a travelogue. The country and people along his route, described by him in the sparkling style of his youth, often affords occasion for brilliant reflections on the Christian tradition of Europe, which Belloc knew so well." The Register
"This is an all but impossible book to describe. There is straight travel-writing - that is to say, description of places and people encountered and of personal reaction. There are discursive essays on everything from the value of morning Mass to the influence of windows upon civilization. There is poetry and song. And above all, there is a sense that here is a man who knew how to get the utmost out of life because he knew how to get the most out of the faith which vitalized his life." D. Bernard Theall, OSB.
"At his best, it has been said, he (Belloc) was the best prose writer of his period. And he was at his best, when in 1902, he brought forth The Path to Rome, which has become a classic of its kind . . . this is 'vintage Belloc' indeed." St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
Taken from the back cover.
"The Path to Rome is from the standpoint of sheer enjoyment, probably Belloc's greatest prose work. Formally, it is what its name suggests - a description of a journey on foot to Rome. The author's progress takes him from Lorraine, at the borderland between Germany and France, down through the Moselle valley, through part of Switzerland, and across the Lombard plain to Rome. Any one who knows Belloc will know that The Path to Rome is far more than a travelogue. The country and people along his route, described by him in the sparkling style of his youth, often affords occasion for brilliant reflections on the Christian tradition of Europe, which Belloc knew so well." The Register
"This is an all but impossible book to describe. There is straight travel-writing - that is to say, description of places and people encountered and of personal reaction. There are discursive essays on everything from the value of morning Mass to the influence of windows upon civilization. There is poetry and song. And above all, there is a sense that here is a man who knew how to get the utmost out of life because he knew how to get the most out of the faith which vitalized his life." D. Bernard Theall, OSB.
"At his best, it has been said, he (Belloc) was the best prose writer of his period. And he was at his best, when in 1902, he brought forth The Path to Rome, which has become a classic of its kind . . . this is 'vintage Belloc' indeed." St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
Taken from the back cover.
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