The Path to Rome Author:Hilaire Belloc "The Path to Rome is from the standpoint of sheer enjoyment, probably Belloc's greatest prose work. Formally, it is what its name suggests - a description of a journey on foot to Rome. The author's progress takes him from Lorraine, at the borderland between Germany and France, down through the Moselle valley, through part of Switzerland, and a... more »cross the Lombard plain to Rome. Any one who knows Belloc will know that The Path to Rome is far more than a travelogue. The courntry and people along his route, described by him in the sparkling style of his youth, often affords occasion for brilliant reflections on the Christian tradition of Europe, which Belloc knew so well." (The Register)« less