num_pages: 272
description: A narrative from the 1820s, this historical account is compiled from the previously unpublished diaries of Krystyn Lach-Szyrma - the tutor of the Czartoryski princes - on his grand tour of Scotland. A highly educated and insightful man, Lach-Szyrma's interests range from fashionable balls and supper parties to prisons, lunatic asylums and gas works; and as the princes' tutor he has access to the best of Scottish society. The diaries cover Lach-Szyrma's entire tenure in Scotland and provide a vivid picture of Europe near the end of the Enlightenment.
language: English
title: From Charlotte's Square to Fingal's Cave: Reminiscences of a Journey through Scotland 1820 - 1824
titlecomplete: From Charlotte's Square to Fingal's Cave: Reminiscences of a Journey through Scotland 1820 - 1824
characters: Krystyn Lach-Szyrma
places: Charlotte Square, Edinburgh, Scotland, Isle of Staffa, Argyll, Scotland
publisher: Birlinn Ltd