Promenades dans Rome

Promenades dans Rome (Walks in Rome) is a travel book in the form of a diary, describing a visitor's days in the Eternal City in the late 1820s. Stendhal guides the reader through ancient ruins, churches, galleries and country excursions, and adds lively remarks on art, history, papal politics and Roman society. His tone is personal, witty and sometimes opinionated, and he often tells stories along the way. It was a popular guide for nineteenth-century travellers and remains a good introduction to his Italian enthusiasms.