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W. D. (William Dorset) Fellowes
An early 19th-century travel writer with a sailor’s eye for detail, he wrote vivid firsthand accounts of France, from Paris in 1815 to the monastery of La Trappe. His books mix observation, history, and the sense of a well-traveled witness reporting back home.
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A Visit to the Monastery of La Trappe in 1817 With Notes Taken During a Tour Through Le Perche, Normandy, Bretagne, Poitou, Anjou, Le Bocage, Touraine, Orleanois, and the Environs of Paris. Illustrated with Numerous Coloured Engravings, from Drawings Made on the Spot
by W. D. (William Dorset) Fellowes
About the author
William Dorset Fellowes was a British author whose surviving works place him in the world of travel writing and historical narrative in the early 1800s. The Online Books Page lists works including Paris; During the Interesting Month of July, 1815, A Visit to the Monastery of La Trappe in 1817, and Historical Sketches of Charles the First, Cromwell, Charles the Second, and the Principal Personages of That Period.
Museum records also connect him with a life at sea. Royal Museums Greenwich identifies a portrait of Captain William Dorset Fellowes (1769–1852) and describes him as the commander of the packet ship Lady Hobart, while several collection records tie his name to dramatic naval episodes in 1803. Taken together, the records suggest an author whose writing was shaped by both travel and direct experience.
His best-known books are especially appealing for readers who enjoy eyewitness prose. In them, he writes about places, people, and public events with the curiosity of a traveler and the practical attention of someone used to observing the world closely.