Handbook for North Germany, from the Baltic to the Black Forest
Author: John Murray (Firm)
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Published: 1886
Total Pages: 566
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Author: John Murray (Firm)
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Published: 1886
Total Pages: 566
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Published: 1902
Total Pages: 222
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: C. Edmund Bosworth
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2017-03-02
Total Pages: 320
ISBN-13: 135195881X
DOWNLOAD EBOOK'An Intrepid Scot' makes an important new contribution to the growing literature on the perceptions of the Islamic world and the 'Orient' in early modern Europe, at the same time as illuminating the attitudes of a Protestant from Northern Europe towards the Catholic South. In this book Edmund Bosworth looks at the life and career of William Lithgow, a tough and opinionated Scots Protestant, who had a seemingly insatiable Wanderlust and who managed to survive various misadventures and near-death experiences in the course of his travels. These took him through a dangerously Catholic Southern Europe to a dangerously Muslim Greece and Istanbul en route for his pilgrimage destination of the Holy Land; on another occasion he went through North Africa and returned circuitously via Central and Eastern Europe; but he was stopped in his tracks whilst endeavouring to reach the court of Prester John in Ethiopia, when he fell into the hands of the Spanish Inquisition and narrowly escaped a horrible death. Lithgow was one of several men of his time who journeyed eastwards, some as far as Persia and India, but unlike many others, he has not been the subject of a special study. Bosworth now places him within the context of the present interest in perceptions of the Islamic world and of the 'Orient' and 'Orientals' in early modern Europe. In addition to the entertainment of the travel narrative, the book shows how one Westerner of the time interpreted the alien East for his readers, and how the Ottoman Empire and its apparently unstoppable might both fascinated and struck fear into the hearts of those outside it.
Author: R. Scully
Publisher: Springer
Published: 2012-10-30
Total Pages: 398
ISBN-13: 1137283467
DOWNLOAD EBOOKBritish Images of Germany is the first full-length cultural history of Britain's relationship with Germany in the key period leading up to the First World War. Richard Scully reassesses what is imagined to be a fraught relationship, illuminating the sense of kinship Britons felt for Germany even in times of diplomatic tension.
Author: Harold H. Hellwig
Publisher: McFarland
Published: 2015-01-28
Total Pages: 228
ISBN-13: 1476600023
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis critical study analyzes major concepts in the travel literature of Mark Twain and notes how his oeuvre (including his classic works of fiction) revolves around travel as a central issue. The book focuses especially on his representations of time, place, and identity in the travel works Roughing It, A Tramp Abroad, The Innocents Abroad, Life on The Mississippi, and Following the Equator. All receive an in-depth analysis, noting Twain's strong sense of nostalgia for the disappearing American frontier, his growing concern over the assimilation of Native American cultures, and his continual search for a sense of personal and national identity. One appendix provides a complete list of the travel literature contained in Twain's personal library.
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Published: 1898
Total Pages: 504
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Published: 1897
Total Pages: 172
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Published: 1903
Total Pages: 620
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Published: 1903
Total Pages: 944
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Published: 1880
Total Pages: 444
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