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Referenced at the beginning of the episode as Dickens' 'brilliant account of a travel across the continent' describing his impressions of Rome and Italy.

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Described as a 'brilliant book that's just come out' about the 19th and early 20th centuries and the invention of mass tourism. Both hosts highly recommend it and reference it extensively throughout the episode.

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Mentioned as a work published by John Murray, described as 'a great poetic account of a doomed romantic figure crossing a Europe of ruins and romantic bandits.'

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Published in 1820, described as 'widely thought to be the first guidebook' and published by John Murray. The hosts discuss its extensive list of items travelers should bring.

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Published in 1903, mentioned in discussion of early descriptions of pizza, where the author compared pizza to 'a kind of Yorkshire pudding.'

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Discussed as 'the classic novel' about British tourists in Italy, specifically Florence, and the Merchant Ivory film adaptation. Referenced in context of late 19th/early 20th century tourism to Italy.

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Described as a 'brilliant novel' about a German family who frequently visit Travemünde near Lübeck, in the context of discussing German seaside resorts.

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Mentioned as an example of Henry James's books about rich American heiresses traveling to Italy.

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Referenced (as 'wings of the dove' with character Millie Thiel) as another example of Henry James's novels about Americans traveling to Venice, Rome, or Florence.

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Mentioned in the context of Byron's 1816 trip to Switzerland, noting that Mary Shelley wrote Frankenstein during this time.