Boswell tours the German courts and
visits Voltaire and Rousseau
BOSWELL ON
THE GRAND TOUR
Germany and Switzerland, 1764
Edited by
FREDERICK A. POTTLE,
Sterling Professor of English, Yale Uni–
versity.
In this volume of his private papers James Boswell shakes off the
gloom of his Utrecht days and embarks in high spirits on a tour of the
German courts during the reign of Frederick the Great. Assuming the
title of Baron, he attends balls and musicals in his suit of flowered velvet,
dines on lark, and completely entrances dukes, princesses, and himself.
Nor does he forget the pleasures of an occasional amorous escapade.
Boswell records in complete and vivid detail his interviews in Switzerland
with Voltaire and Rousseau, the two greatest men of his age. Professor
Pottle has supplied illuminating notes throughout, and letters Boswell
wrote and received (including a hitherto unpublished letter from Voltaire).
9 illustrations and endpaper maps.
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