Innocents Abroad

First published in 1896, "e;The Innocents Abroad"e; is a travel book written by Mark Twain. Within it, Twain recounts his trip aboard the ship "e;Quaker City"e; as it travelled through Europe and the Holy Land in 1867. The book sold more copies than any other Twain wrote in his life and remains among the best-selling travel book of all time. A fantastic example of classic travel literature by one of America's greatest men of letters. Samuel Langhorne Clemens (1835-1910), more commonly known under the pen name Mark Twain, was an American writer, lecturer, publisher and entrepreneur most famous for his novels "e;The Adventures of Tom Sawyer"e; (1876) and "e;The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn"e; (1884). Other notable works by this author include: "e;The Gilded Age: A Tale of Today"e; (1873) and "e;The Prince and the Pauper"e; (1881). Read & Co. Travel is proudly republishing this famous classic now in a new edition complete with a specially-commissioned biography of the author.