Description
A collection of writings from the early half of the twentieth century that remind us of the many connections between Britain and the Balkans over the centuries - of Tennyson, Disraeli, Lord Fitzmaurice, Aubrey Herbert and Margaret Hasluck. It offers a picture of the Balkans in the early twentieth century.
About the Author
Mary Edith Durham (1863 - 1944) was a British traveller, artist and writer who became famous for her anthropological accounts of life in Albania in the early 20th century. Robert Elsie is a writer, translator, interpreter and specialist in Albanian studies. Bejtullah Destani is Director of the Centre for Albanian Studies. Elizabeth Gowing works with the Ethnological Museum in Pristina, Kosovo and on other projects to stimulate travel to this beautiful and little-known part of Europe. She is the author of Edith and I: On the Trail of an Edwardian Traveller in Kosovo.
Book Information
ISBN 9781848857100
Author M.Edith Durham
Format Hardback
Page Count 232
Imprint I.B. Tauris
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Weight(grams) 427g