Greece and the Allies 1914-1922 - Couverture souple

Abbott, G.F

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1507867441 ISBN 13 : 9781507867440

Editeur : CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2015

A propos du livre

Biographie de l'auteur :

George Frederick Abbott (born 1874, died 13 March 1947 at Tunbridge Wells) was an English war correspondent and author. He was educated at Emmanuel College, Cambridge, taking the degree of B.A. in 1899. In 1900 he was sent by Cambridge University to Macedonia to make studies in the folk-lore of that region. He acted as special correspondent in southwestern Europe for several London newspapers until 1903. In 1905 he accompanied the Prince of Wales (later on, George V), on his tour of India. Besides contributing articles to many reviews and magazines, he wrote: * Songs of Modern Greece (1900) * Macedonian Folk-Lore (1903) * The Tale of a Tour in Macedonia (1903) * Through India with the Prince (1906) * Israel in Europe (editor, 1907) * Greece in Evolution (1909) * Turkey in Transition (1909) * The Philosophy of a Don (1911) * The Holy War in Tripoli (1912) * Greece and the Allies (1923) He was made Knight Commander of the Royal Hellenic Order of the Redeemer. He was married to 'Elizabeth' Wilhelmina Hay Lamond (1884-1957), an equalitarian feminist campaigner, and they had one son, Commander (E) Jasper A.R. Abbott, OBE, RN (1911-1960).

Présentation de l'éditeur :

Greece and the Allies 1914-1922 is a classic World War One history text by G.F Abbott. Mr. Abbott deals with his subject in all its aspects, and presents for the first time to the British public a complete and coherent view of the complicated circumstances that made Greece, during the War, the battle-ground of rival interests and intrigues, from which have grown the present troubles.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Date d'édition: 2015
• ISBN 10: 1507867441
• ISBN 13: 9781507867440
• Reliure: Broché
• Numéro d'édition: 1
• Nombre de pages: 254