Imprisoned Traveler

A fascinating portrait of a unique book, its context, and its author. Joseph Forsyth, travelling through an Italy plundered by Napoleon, was unjustly imprisoned in 1803 by the French as an enemy alien. Out of his arduous eleven-year “detention” came his only book, Remarks on Antiquities, Arts, and Letters during an Excursion in Italy.

Un portret fascinant al unei carti unice, contextul si autorul sau. Joseph Forsyth, calatorind printr-o Italia jefuita de Napoleon, a fost inchis pe nedrept in 1803 de francezi ca strain inamic.