In which a gay young romanticist
goes laughing and beating and
fighting his vagabond way
into the glamorous corners
of the world.

Impetuous to utter recklessness, laughing at hardships, dreaming of beauty, ardent for adventure, Richard Halliburton has managed to sing into the pages of this glorious book his own exultant spirit of youth and freedom. —Chicago Post.

The mad, exhilarating, and joyous spirit of Richard Halliburton's Royal Road to Romance is the very incarnation of youth, with its horizons of rainbows and its sparkling, unquenchable, enthusiastic extravagances. —Boston Transcript.

This wild young American who recently conquered the unruly waters of the classic Hellespont writes as impetuously and as dramatically as he swims. —Memphis Commercial Appeal.

Richard Halliburton's tale of travel and adventure is one of the most fascinating books of its kind ever written. It is a glorious story of the irresponsibility of youth, of the dauntless spirit of the age, told with a captivating charm and a swing and a dash that take one's breath away. —Detroit News.

From the dust jacket of the Garden City edition