Europe in the Looking Glass
by:
Jan Morris (author)
Robert Byron (author)
Robert Byron, Foreword by Jan Morris,Paperback, English-language edition,Pub by Hesperus Press
Robert Byron, Foreword by Jan Morris,Paperback, English-language edition,Pub by Hesperus Press
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9781843913573 (1843913577)
Publish date: May 1st 2012
Publisher: Hesperus Press
Pages no: 200
Edition language: English
I nearly gave up on this book half way through, but then reconsidered and reminded myself that the book does have redeeming features. Not many, but it does have them: 1. The description of the zeitgeist with which Byron and his friends are experiencing their adventure. 2. The description of Dian...
The only perspective that makes this read a step-up from the inherent zenophobia in The Clumsiest People in Europe: Or, Mrs. Mortimer's Bad-Tempered Guide to the Victorian World is the twenties between-the-wars time slot. Byron himself may have been a serious contender for the escalating hate of the...