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In High Albania, Victorian anthropologist and travel writer M
(Mary) Edith Durham presents a vivid and fascinating insight into
the culture, customs, people, and the lands of Northern Albania as
it was in the early 20th century.
M. Edith Durham is best known for her classic travel books about
the Balkans. However, she was also a passionate, articulate and
well-informed commentator on the twists and turns of Balkan
politics and the machinations of the Great Powers. The pieces in
this collection of her writings from the early half of the
twentieth century remind us of the many connections between Britain
and the Balkans over recent centuries -- of Tennyson, Disraeli,
Lord Fitzmaurice, Aubrey Herbert and Margaret Hasluck. With its
wide geographical sweep, the book offers a fair picture of the
Balkans in the early twentieth century: Montenegro, Macedonia,
Kosovo, Albania, Serbia are all represented -- their dangers and
wonders, ugly brutality and startling beauty, history, custom,
geography and politics. The anthology offers vivid pictures of
Balkan locations which will be fascinating reading for anyone
interested in modern Balkan history.
In High Albania, Victorian anthropologist and travel writer M
(Mary) Edith Durham presents a vivid and fascinating insight into
the culture, customs, people, and the lands of Northern Albania as
it was in the early 20th century.
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