Grand Tours and Cook's Tours - A History of Leisure Travel, 1750 to 1915

Grand Tours and Cook's Tours is the story of intellectuals and the very rich, the not so rich, the infamous and the anonymous all seeking adventure and satisfying ways of exploring the world. From the Grand Tours through to the expansion of travel companies such as Thomas Cook who opened up leisure travel to the middle and lower classes this book covers the mid-18th century to World War 1.