An American liaison
Subtitle: Leamington Spa and the Hawthornes, 1855-1864
By: Bryan Homer.
Publisher: Fairleigh Dickinson University Press; Associated University Presses; Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Pr
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Madison, NJ; London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 472
Subjects: Hawthorne, Nathaniel, 1804-1864 -- Homes and haunts -- England -- Leamington.; Americans -- England -- Leamington -- History -- 19th century.; Novelists, American -- 19th century -- Biography.; Consuls -- United States -- Biography.; Leamington (England) -- Intellectual life -- 19th century.; Leamington (England) -- Social life and customs.; Leamington (England) -- Biography.
Description: In 1855 the Hawthornes came to Leamington Spa for the first time. This book presents an almost day-by-day account of the family's life during three periods of residence in Leamington. It also relates how they amused and instructed themselves in the thriving Spa town and its attractive surrounding countryside, making trips to such well-known "tourist traps" as Coventry, Warwick, Rugby, Kenilworth, and Stratford-upon-Avon.

Unfortunately, for several reasons, to a large extent the subsequent and much-anticipated return to their home in Concord, Massachusetts, in 1860 did not result in any real benefit.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 415-463) and index.