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Transylvania became an important and well-liked destination for English travelers in the nineteenth century. Their travel accounts provide intriguing insights into the cultural, social, as well as political climate of the period. John Paget’s journey was meticulously recorded in his extensive book entitled Hungary and Transylvania (1839) that served as a travel guide for other British visitors after him. Archibald Andrew Paton, writer and diplomat, synthesized his travel memoirs in the volume entitled: The Goth an...