Ecrivains-voyageurs français en Terre Sainte après Chateaubriand: Didot, Forgin, Marcellus, et al

After Chateaubriand's travel to the Holy Land (1806) and the publication of his Itinéraire de Paris à Jerusalem (1811), many French people decided to follow his example. Their relations varied according to the background and the talent of their writers. From 1809 to 1820, eight French went to Palestine and wrote about it. Many tried to see what Chateaubriand mentioned: places, manners and customs, and like him criticized the Turks occupants. These travelers were generally more interested in exoticism than in pilgrimage. The most interesting of these travel-books were written by the printer Ambroise-Firmin Didot (traveled in 1816-17), by the painter Count de Forbin (1817) and by the diplomat Count de Marcellus (1820). (In French) (FB)