Mark Twain's classic travelogue The Innocents Abroad firmly established him as a writer and humourist of dazzling perspicacity.
The story chronicles what Twain called his "Great Pleasure Excursion" on board the chartered vessel Quaker City through Europe and the Holy Land with a group of American travelers in 1867. It was the best-selling of Twain's works during his lifetime, as well as one of the best-selling travel books of all time.