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Alexander William Kinglake was an English travel writer and historian. He was born near Taunton, Somerset and educated at Eton College and Trinity College, Cambridge.

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations.