| Description | They give very detailed accounts of Christopher Sykes coming out into society, at home and abroad. He recounts names, places and conversations and gives very detailed accounts in his observations on architecture. He also uses his diaries to transcribe and discuss authors such as John Ruskin, Guicciardini, Alighieri Dante and de Tocqueville and topics such as the History of Greece. His diary also gives interesting accounts of the type of transport available between towns and countries. |