Roumanian Journey
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When Sir Sacheverell Sitwell made his journey to Romania in the 1930s, Bucharest was still eight days over land from London. During his four-week trip to what was then a rather exotic and little-known destination, Sitwell encountered a colorful land and people, a country he brings to life in this classic travel book.
Sitwell takes an obvious delight in the natural richness and variety of the landscape--from Transylvania to the Wallachian plains, the Carpathian peaks to the Danube delta--and describes in evocative prose the diverse humanity he meets. Contacts with long-haired Laetzi gypsies, visits to the aristocracy in their medieval castles, and an audience with King Carol lead Sitwell to reflect optimistically on the future of this people, little imaging the tragic destiny of Romania in the twentieth century.
Sitwell's vast knowledge of European art, architecture, and history makes his an ideal guide to the paintings, frescoes, and buildings of Romania. With a new preface by Patrick Leigh Fermor that places it in historical perspective, Roumanian Journey offers a delightful introduction to the wonders of land once again open to the West.
Sitwell takes an obvious delight in the natural richness and variety of the landscape--from Transylvania to the Wallachian plains, the Carpathian peaks to the Danube delta--and describes in evocative prose the diverse humanity he meets. Contacts with long-haired Laetzi gypsies, visits to the aristocracy in their medieval castles, and an audience with King Carol lead Sitwell to reflect optimistically on the future of this people, little imaging the tragic destiny of Romania in the twentieth century.
Sitwell's vast knowledge of European art, architecture, and history makes his an ideal guide to the paintings, frescoes, and buildings of Romania. With a new preface by Patrick Leigh Fermor that places it in historical perspective, Roumanian Journey offers a delightful introduction to the wonders of land once again open to the West.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0192828843
ISBN13:9780192828842
Release Date:March 1992
Publisher:Oxford University Press, USA
Length:136 Pages
Weight:0.25 lbs.
Dimensions:0.4" x 5.1" x 7.8"
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