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The Sinner's Grand Tour: A Journey Through the Historical Underbelly of Europe

by Tony Perrottet

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A darker route through Europe’s Grand Tour

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A darker route through Europe’s Grand Tour

Tony Perrottet revisits the eighteenth- and nineteenth-century Grand Tour through its associations with sex, secrecy, and forbidden objects. The book frames Europe as a landscape of remnants—from hidden boudoirs and notorious dungeons to artifacts kept from public view—and traces a journey spanning London to Capri. Its subject is the less-public history attached to familiar travel traditions, connecting historical sites with the travelers who sought them out.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Travel readers interested in European history and historical sites
  • Readers curious about the private and illicit side of the Grand Tour
  • Those drawn to nonfiction journeys centered on hidden places and artifacts

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European travel historyThe Grand TourSexual historyHidden sites and artifacts

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Book overview

Sex and travel have always been intertwined, and never more so than on the classic Grand Tour of Europe in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Today the Continent is still littered with salacious remnants of that golden age, where secret boudoirs, notorious dungeons, and forbidden artifacts lured travelers all the way from London to Capri.

In The Sinner's Grand Tour, celebrated historian and travel writer Tony Perrottet sets off to discover a string of legendary sites and relics that are still kept far from public view. In southern France, an ancient text leads him inside the ch
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