Eothen

At Semlin, Hungary’s familiar sights and sounds still surround Alexander Kinglake. Beyond the border lies Ottoman territory—and the plague is among the dangers he fears.

In the early 1830s, Kinglake sets out across the Levant with guides, porters and pack animals, entering a world he knows chiefly through the impressions it leaves on him. He promises no grand survey: a fire, a meal or a chance encounter may claim more of his attention than celebrated ruins. That candour gives his journey its restless, personal voice, even as the unfamiliar landscape and its people unsettle his expectations. What will this headstrong traveller notice once the familiar world is behind him—and what will he miss?

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