A lively and utterly singular travelogue of the intricate curiosities that are directly within oneβs own reach In 1790, while serving in the Piedmontese army, the French aristocrat Xavier de Maistre (1763β1852) was punished for dueling and placed under house arrest for forty-two days. The result was
A Journey Around my Room
- Publisher
- Alma Books
- Year
- 2017
- Category
- Fiction
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