Critical Miscellanies - Volume XVI - Prijzen

Paradise of Cities

The city of Venice through the eyes of nineteenth century visitors.;For this portrait of Venice in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries Lord Norwich has abandoned the historical approach, pref...

Heart of Ashes

Ireland

Using early photographs and prose extracts from writings of the time, this book gives an insight into the attitudes, opinions and habits of the Irish at the beginning of the 20th century, and brings t...

In Flanders Flooded Fields

In October 1914 four armies were converging on Dunkirk. While France was preparing to defend its main Channel port, the Germans were determined to take it while the British were busy using it. Caught...