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A journal of three months' walk in Persia in 1884 / by Captain John Compton Pyne ; edited by Russell Harris and Marjan Afsharian with contributions by Jeremy Archer.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Iranian studies series (Leiden, Netherlands)
- Iranian studies series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Pyne, John Compton, 1857-1893--Travel.
- History.
- Iran--Description and travel--19th century.
- Iran--History--Qajar dynasty, 1794-1925--Personal narratives.
- Iran.
- Genre:
- Personal narratives.
- Physical Description:
- liii, 266 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), facsimiles, maps ; 16 x 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Leiden : Leiden University Press [2017].
- Summary:
- In 1884 an obscure British soldier, having finished his tour of duty in India, decided to make a detour on his trip home in order to spend three months crossing Persia unaccompanied except for the local muleteers. Among his accoutrements he packed a small leather-bound sketchbook in which he not only wrote a journal but in which he also added accomplished and charming water-colour illustrations. The authors' introduction contextualises this trip made in 1884 against the background of Persianate influence in British culture, and the general cultural background of late Victorian Britain is presented as the subliminal driver behind a young man's desire to explore, and illustrate, an already discovered country - Persia.
- ISBN:
- 9789087282622
- 9087282621
- OCLC:
- 1013749000
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