The Blaze in the Balkans: Selected Writings 1903-1941

by Elizabeth Gowing, M.Edith Durham, Mary Edith Durham

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,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1848857101
• ISBN13: 9781848857100
• Release Date: February 2014
• Publisher: I. B. Tauris & Company
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 0.92 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.7" x 8.6"