“When Richard Halliburton graduated from college, he chose adventure over a career, traveling the world with almost no money. The Royal Road to Romance chronicles what happens as a result, from a breakthrough Matterhorn ascent to being jailed for taking forbidden pictures on Gibraltar.
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I The Royal Road to Romance II Humiliating the Matterhorn III Largo IV Mademoiselle Piety V Castles in France VI Hannibal Invades Andorra VII Spanish Dancing VIII New Tales from the Alhambra IX The Sirens of Seville X The Jails of Gibralter XI The Count of Monte Carlo XII Camped on Kheops XIII The Nile Merman XIV The Garlic-Eaters XV Tiger Tales XVI The Garden of Immortality XVII Adventure in the Punjab XVIII Into the Vale of Kashmir XIX Outlandish Ladakh XX The Strange Story of Leh XXI Back to Earth XXII Through the Khyber Pass XXIII Princess Padmini XXIV Renaissance XXV Byroads to Bangkok XXVI Great Snakes! XXVII Interlude XXVIII The Magic Stones of Angkor XXIX Dolce-Far-Niente XXX The Stowaway XXXI Pirates! XXXII The Bride of Heaven XXXIII Veni Vidi Bolsheviki XXXIV Welcome to Japan XXXV The Challenge of Fujiyama XXXVI To the Peak! XXXVII The Last Battle
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Richard Halliburton was a writer, lecturer, and world traveler. He published numerous books in his short lifetime, including The Royal Road to Romance, Glorious Adventure, andThe Complete Book of Marvels. Halliburton is known for having paid the lowest toll to cross the Panama Canal, which he swam in 1928, paying 36 cents. Born in Tennessee in 1900, Halliburton died in 1939 as he and his crew attempted to sail a Chinese junk, the Sea Dragon, from Hong Kong to San Francisco as a publicity stunt. The vessel was unseaworthy and went down in a storm, apparently shortly after Halliburton sent out his last signal: “Southerly gales, squalls, lee rail under water, wet bunks, hard tack, bully beef, wish you were here–instead of me!”