When I am on a journey all ties suddenly fall away. I feel myself quite unburdened
disconnected free - There is something in it marvellously uplifting and invigorating. Whole
past epochs suddenly return: nothing is lost everything still full of inception enticement.'
For the insatiably curious and ardent Europhile Stefan Zweig travel was both a necessary
cultural education and a personal balm for the depression he experienced when rooted in one
place for too long. He spent much of his life weaving between the countries of Europe visiting
authors and friends exploring the continent in the heyday of international rail travel.
Comprising a lifetime's observations on Zweig's travels in Europe this collection can be
dipped into or savoured at length and paints a rich and sensitive picture of Europe before the
Second World War.
