n nThe Royal Road to Romance is the travel classic in which a happy, young romanticist goes laughing and beating and fighting his vagabond way into the glamorous corners of the world.n n nn nWhen Richard Halliburton graduated from Princeton, he chose adventure over a career, traveling to far away places. This vivid book tells what happened, from a break-through Matterhorn mountain ascent in the Alps to being jailed for taking forbidden pictures on Gibraltar. One of the most fascinating books of its kind ever written.n n nn nIn 1939 the swashbuckling author was lost at sea in the Pacific. n