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A Poet's Bazaar: A Journey to Greece, Turkey & Up the Danube

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Poet's Bazaar: A Journey to Greece, Turkey and Up the Danube - Andersen, Hans Christian, and Thornton, Grace (Translated by)
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In 1840, Hans Christian Andersen left Copenhagen on a journey that would take him through Germany, Italy, and Malta, then to Greece, Turkey and up the Danube. With a poet's eye for detail, Andersen captures his visit to the Whirling Dervishes, the slavemarkets at a bazaar in Istanbul, the breathtaking beauty of the Asian coast, and his harrowing trip up the Danube, during which oarsmen rowed against the tide and each passenger endured a ten-day quarantine under prison-like conditions. This book itself is a remarkable ...

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Poet's Bazaar: A Journey to Greece, Turkey and Up the Danube 1990, Michael Kesend Publishing, Limited, New York

ISBN-13: 9780935576344

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A Poet's Bazaar: A Journey to Greece, Turkey & Up the Danube 1988, Michael Kesend Publishing, Limited, New York, NY

ISBN-13: 9780935576238

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