The Kingdom of Georgia: Notes of Travel in a Land of Woman, Wine and Song

Sir (John) Oliver Wardrop (1864 – 1948) was a British diplomat and writer who became the leading foreign authority on Georgia and Trans-Caucasus region.

"In publishing these notes I have had but one object," he writes in the preface to this 1888 classic, "to excite the curiosity of my fellow-countrymen; the means of gratifying this curiosity are indicated in the bibliographical section. Georgia is practically unknown to the British public; well-educated people know that the country is famous for its beautiful women, but they are not very sure whether those charming creatures live under Persian, Turkish, or Russian rule, while not one person in a thousand knows that the Georgians and Circassians are distinct peoples."

This work contains the following chapters:

1. Batum to Tiflis
2. The Georgian Military Road Between Tiflis and Vladikavkaz
3. The Kakhetian Road—Tiflis to Signakh
4. Signakh
4. A Trip Across the Alazana. Bakurtsikhe—Kartuban—Lagodekh
6. Signakh to Telav, and Thence to Tiflis
7. The History of Georgia
8. The Language and Literature of Georgia
9. The Political Condition of the Kingdom of Georgia