Author: Andrew Beattie
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 0199768358
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 288

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A detailed history of the Danube river.

Author: Patrick Leigh Fermor
Publisher: New York Review of Books
ISBN: 1590175174
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 340

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This beloved account about an intrepid young Englishman on the first leg of his walk from London to Constantinople is simply one of the best works of travel literature ever written. At the age of eighteen, Patrick Leigh Fermor set off from the heart of London on an epic journey—to walk to Constantinople. A Time of Gifts is the rich account of his adventures as far as Hungary, after which Between the Woods and the Water continues the story to the Iron Gates that divide the Carpathian and Balkan mountains. Acclaimed for its sweep and intelligence, Leigh Fermor’s book explores a remarkable moment in time. Hitler has just come to power but war is still ahead, as he walks through a Europe soon to be forever changed—through the Lowlands to Mitteleuropa, to Teutonic and Slav heartlands, through the baroque remains of the Holy Roman Empire; up the Rhine, and down to the Danube. At once a memoir of coming-of-age, an account of a journey, and a dazzling exposition of the English language, A Time of Gifts is also a portrait of a continent already showing ominous signs of the holocaust to come.

Author: Ben Coates
Publisher: Nicholas Brealey
ISBN: 9781473665095
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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SHORTLISTED FOR THE STANFORD DOLMAN TRAVEL BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD The Rhine is one of the world's greatest rivers. Once forming the outer frontier of the Roman Empire, it flows 800 miles from the social democratic playground of the Netherlands, through the industrial and political powerhouses of Germany and France, to the wealthy mountain fortresses of Switzerland and Liechtenstein. For five years, Ben Coates lived alongside a major channel of the river in Rotterdam, crossing it daily, swimming and sailing in its tributaries. In The Rhine, he sets out by bicycle from the Netherlands where it enters the North Sea, following it through Germany, France and Liechtenstein, to where its source in the icy Alps. He explores the impact that the Rhine has had on European culture and history and finds out how influences have flowed along and across the river, shaping the people who live alongside it. Blending travelogue and offbeat history, The Rhine tells the fascinating story of how a great river helped shape a continent.

Author: Ján Steinhübel
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004438637
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 678

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How and when a west Slavic principality centred on Nitra originated in the middle Danube is a key question of medieval East Central Europe. In this book, Ján Steinhübel reconstructs the origins, history and expansion of this Nitrian Principality. Based on contemporary sources and extensive historical and archaeological literature, he traces the development of the land for 640 years (470-1110). The book illuminates Nitrian development since the decline of the Avars, its short period of independence in 9th century and later its incorporation to Great Moravia and Hungary respectively. It argues that Nitrian Principality laid the national, territorial and historical foundations of Slovakia.

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Languages : en
Pages : 526

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Author: John George Cochrane
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Languages : en
Pages : 548

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Author: Berlitz
Publisher: Berlitz Travel
ISBN: 9781780048840
Category : Cruise ships
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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"This book will tell you everything you need to known when choosing a cruise on one of Europe's major waterways. Douglas Ward, renowned expert on all things cruise, tells you what to expect, the pleasures and the pitfalls of river cruising, and which river cruise companies offer the best facilities, food and accommodation."--Page 4 of cover.

Author: Wallace Walter Atwood
Publisher:
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Category : Geography
Languages : en
Pages : 216

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Author: Frank George Carpenter
Publisher:
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Category : Europe
Languages : en
Pages : 474

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Author: Thomas Whitfield Baldwin
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Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 584

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Donated by Sydney Harris.