When James Boswell persuaded Samuel Johnson to embark on a tour of Boswell's native Scotland in 1773, the adventure resulted in two magnificent books, Johnson's Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland and Boswell'sJournal of a Tour to the Hebrides. Johnson offers a magisterial account of what was then a remote and rugged land, while Boswell throws further light on the friend and mentor whom he immortalized in his biography. Together, they make up a brilliant portrait of two very different and very remarkable men exploring a feudal world which was soon to pass away for ever.
A Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland & The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides
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James Boswell, geboren 1740 in Edinburgh als Sohn eines Richters. Brach Jurisprudenzstudium ab, um Deutschland, Frankreich, die Schweiz und Italien zu bereisen. Bekanntschaft mit Rousseau und Voltaire. In London suchte er die Karriere in der Politik. Seine letzten Jahre waren geprägt von Krankheit und Depressionen, der Autor verstarb 1795 in London.