Status Updates From The Duke de Richleau Series

The writing is compelling, for the most part, and informative as it deals in significant detail with the history of many of the places visited.

However Wheatley was a British exceptionalist, a champion of the wealthy and privileged, an apparently proud racist, and misogynistic into the bargain. As such, I have regularly had to put down the Kindle and return to it later, which obviously marred my experience.