The Royal Road to Romance

Description

When Richard Halliburton graduated from college, he chose adventure over a career, traveling the world with almost no money. The Royal Road to Romance chronicles what happens as a result, from a breakthrough Matterhorn ascent to being jailed for taking forbidden pictures on Gibraltar.

Introduction

Table of Contents

I       The Royal Road to Romance

II      Humiliating the Matterhorn

III     Largo

IV      Mademoiselle Piety

V       Castles in France

VI      Hannibal Invades Andorra

VII     Spanish Dancing

VIII    New Tales from the Alhambra

IX      The Sirens of Seville

X       The Jails of Gibralter

XI      The Count of Monte Carlo

XII     Camped on Kheops

XIII    The Nile Merman

XIV     The Garlic-Eaters

XV      Tiger Tales

XVI     The Garden of Immortality

XVII    Adventure in the Punjab

XVIII   Into the Vale of Kashmir

XIX     Outlandish Ladakh

XX      The Strange Story of Leh

XXI     Back to Earth

XXII    Through the Khyber Pass

XXIII   Princess Padmini

XXIV    Renaissance

XXV     Byroads to Bangkok

XXVI    Great Snakes!

XXVII   Interlude

XXVIII  The Magic Stones of Angkor

XXIX    Dolce-Far-Niente

XXX     The Stowaway

XXXI    Pirates!

XXXII   The Bride of Heaven

XXXIII  Veni Vidi Bolsheviki

XXXIV   Welcome to Japan

XXXV    The Challenge of Fujiyama

XXXVI   To the Peak!

XXXVII  The Last Battle

Sample chapter

About the Author

Richard Halliburton was a writer, lecturer, and world traveler. He published numerous books in his short lifetime, including The Royal Road to Romance, Glorious Adventure, and The Complete Book of Marvels. Halliburton is known for having paid the lowest toll to cross the Panama Canal, which he swam in 1928, paying 36 cents. Born in Tennessee in 1900, Halliburton died in 1939 as he and his crew attempted to sail a Chinese junk, the Sea Dragon, from Hong Kong to San Francisco as a publicity stunt. The vessel was unseaworthy and went down in a storm, apparently shortly after Halliburton sent out his last signal: "Southerly gales, squalls, lee rail under water, wet bunks, hard tack, bully beef, wish you were here--instead of me!"