Published in 1925, The Cruise of the Nona is one of British-French writer Hilaire Belloc's travelogues, similar to his previous The Path to Rome and The Four Men . The Cruise of the Nona begins in Holyhead, Wales, and finally ends in his home county of Sussex. The cruise gives Belloc the opportunity to use his experiences with sailing, the sea, and the sights on land to reflect on a variety of topics. As he sails, he writes on religious belief, public leadership, the English character, youth, fools, literature, writers, and much more. Belloc writes with humor and wit, and turns a critical eye on much of early twentieth-century life, politics, culture, and religion. Hilaire Belloc (died 1953) was an influential writer of the modernist period. Their work has endured across generations and continues to be read and studied worldwide. The nonfiction literature of previous centuries offers invaluable windows into the minds and preoccupations of earlier ages. The Cruise Of The Nona combines the personal and the universal in ways that continue to resonate with contemporary readers seeking to understand both history and human nature.
