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Augusta Macgregor Holmes

Known for a lively 19th-century travel narrative, this English writer turned a long horseback journey to Florence into a vivid series of letters full of scenery, local color, and sharp observation.

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A Ride on Horseback to Florence Through France and Switzerland. Vol. 1 of 2 Described in a Series of Letters by a Lady

A Ride on Horseback to Florence Through France and Switzerland. Vol. 1 of 2 Described in a Series of Letters by a Lady

by Augusta Macgregor Holmes

A Ride on Horseback to Florence Through France and Switzerland. Vol. 2 of 2 Described in a Series of Letters by a Lady

A Ride on Horseback to Florence Through France and Switzerland. Vol. 2 of 2 Described in a Series of Letters by a Lady

by Augusta Macgregor Holmes

About the author

Augusta Macgregor Holmes was a 19th-century English author best known for A Ride on Horseback to Florence through France and Switzerland, published in two volumes in 1842. Modern catalog and ebook records consistently connect her name with that work, which presents the journey as a series of letters by a lady.

Her writing stands out for its close attention to place: mountain roads, towns, churches, markets, and the practical realities of travel all appear alongside more reflective descriptions of landscape and history. That mix gives the book an easy sense of movement, as if the reader is traveling beside her.

Very little clearly sourced biographical information about Holmes seems to be widely available online today beyond her authorship of this travel book. Because of that, it is safest to remember her mainly through the work itself, which has remained accessible through major public-domain and library collections.