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The Path to Rome

by Hilaire Belloc
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Overview

Hilaire Belloc's best work, The Path to Rome is less concerned with Rome itself than with a pilgrim's journey to the Eternal City. A spirited Catholic apologist, Belloc traveled on foot from France, across the Alps and the Apennines in order to "see all Europe which the Christian Faith has saved." Includes 77 line drawings.

Synopsis

Belloc describes his pilgrimage on foot from France to Rome providing a portrait of western Europe before the World Wars.

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Book Details

Published
March 1, 2005
Publisher
Dover Publications
Pages
272
Format
Paperback
ISBN
9780486440019

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