Focus on Water

by Angela Lucas

This translation by Sarah Austin (1793–1867) of German historian Leopold von Ranke's work contributed significantly to early modern history and historiography. By some accounts 'the best living translator' of her time, Austin was a member of social circles that included Jeremy Bentham and J. S. Mill. Ranke (1795–1886) worked for most of his life at the University of Berlin, writing several histories covering the fifteenth to seventeenth centuries...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0844809616
• ISBN13: 9780844809618
• Release Date: January 1976
• Publisher: Crane Russak
• Length: 47 Pages