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Robert Byron
ISBN: 9781843913573
Format: Paperback
Publisher:Hesperus Press Ltd
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The first book by one of the twentieth century's greatest travel writers. With a mixture of laugh-out-loud humour and perceptive commentary on art and architecture, Byron describes how three wealthy young men cross pre-Second World War Europe in an old car.
Best known as the author of 'The Road to Oxiana' (published in 1937), Robert Byron developed his considerable writing skills on a travel book which has not been in print since 1926. 'Europe in the Looking Glass' describes a journey Byron made with three friends, driving across Europe between two world wars, and mixes political and historical analysis with architectural insights, classical scholarship and the day-to-day adventures of three young and not very experienced travellers. For fans of Robert Byron's work this will be a discovery; for others it will be an introduction.
| ISBN | 1843913577 | | DEWEY edition | DC23 | | ISBN13 | 9781843913573
(What's this?) | | Pages | 200 | | Publisher | Hesperus Press Ltd | | Weight (grammes) | 227 | | Imprint | Hesperus Press Ltd | | Published in | London | | Format | Paperback | | Height (mm) | 196 | | Publication date | 17 Feb 2012 | | Width (mm) | 124 | | Writer of foreword | Jan Morris | | Spine width (mm) | 20 | | DEWEY | 914.0451 | | Academic level | General |
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