| View previous topic :: View next topic |
| Author |
Message |
thebrix
Joined: 19 Aug 2005
Posts: 526
Location: London, United Kingdom
|
| Posted: Sun Feb 26, 2006 4:20 pm Post subject: A Winter Pilgrimage |
|
|
Another digitised book, on blackmask, dating from 1901, and containing several chapters on Cyprus at the turn of the 20th century.
(H Rider Haggard was a prolific writer, very well-known in his time, but now forgotten) |
|
| Back to top |
|
cypezokyli
Joined: 20 Dec 2005
Posts: 2344
|
| Posted: Sun Feb 26, 2006 4:22 pm Post subject: |
|
|
| ehm.... could you share with us some more things about the book, thebrix? |
|
| Back to top |
|
thebrix
Joined: 19 Aug 2005
Posts: 526
Location: London, United Kingdom
|
| Posted: Sun Feb 26, 2006 11:19 pm Post subject: |
|
|
cypezokyli wrote: ehm.... could you share with us some more things about the book, thebrix?
Well, I tried to summarise it and couldn't, so the only way is to read it. No wonder the author was so popular in his time - he is an excellent writer. Not one word wasted!
One thing I do notice about Victorian books on Cyprus is a fascination with taxation; the island's incomings and outgoings are given in great detail, which is a rather strange thing to put in the middle of travel writing. No idea why ... |
|
| Back to top |
|
| |
