author
Henry D. (Henry David) Inglis
1795–1835
A restless Scottish traveler turned his journeys across Europe into lively books that brought distant places closer to 19th-century readers. Writing at times as "Derwent Conway," he mixed sharp observation with the curiosity of a born journalist.
2 Audiobooks
Spain in 1830, vol. 2
by Henry D. (Henry David) Inglis
Spain in 1830, vol. 1
by Henry D. (Henry David) Inglis
About the author
Born in Edinburgh in 1795, he was a Scottish travel writer and journalist who left a commercial career for literature and life on the road. He traveled widely in Europe and became known for turning those experiences into readable, firsthand accounts of places, politics, and everyday customs.
He published under his own name and also under the pseudonym Derwent Conway. Among the works associated with him are travel books on Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Spain, the Channel Islands, Ireland, and the Tyrol, showing how strongly his writing was shaped by movement, observation, and comparison.
Inglis died in London in 1835. Though not as widely remembered as some later travel writers, his books still offer a vivid early-19th-century window onto Europe through the eyes of an energetic and attentive visitor.