The Royal Road to Romance

THE ROYAL ROAD TO ROMANCE in which a gay young romanticist goes laughing and beating and fighting his vagabond way into the glamorous corners of the world.

Richly illustrated throughout.

“Impetuous to utter recklessness, laughing at hardships, dreaming of beauty, ardent for adventure, Richard Halliburton has managed to sing into the pages of this glorious book his own exultant spirit of young and freedom.”—Chicago Post

“The mad, exhilarating, and joyous spirit of Richard Halliburton’s Royal Road to Romance is the very incarnation of youth, with its horizons of rainbows and its sparkling, unquenchable, enthusiastic extravagances.”—Boston Transcript

“This wild young American who recently conquered the unruly waters of the classic Hellespont writes as impetuously and as dramatically as he swims.”—Memphis Commercial Appeal

“Richard Halliburton’s tale of travel and adventure is one of the most fascinating books of its kind ever written. It is a glorious story of the irresponsibility of youth, of dauntless spirit of the age, told with a captivating charm and a swing and a dash that take one’s breath away.”—Detroit News