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  • Valse Des Fleurs
    Sacheverell Sitwell
    Valse des Fleurs recreates one glittering winter’s day in St Petersburg in its heyday. The Tsar is giving a ball, and in the run up we are given a glimpse of a lost generation of courtiers, servants, guards, officials and dignitaries later condemned to oblivion by the Russian Revolution. Though slim enough to read on the train from Moscow, Valse des Fleurs is the perfect introd...
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    22,51 €

  • Mozart
    Sacheverell Sitwell
    A concise and beautifully evocative appreciation of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s career and genius by the famed writer and poet Sacheverell Sitwell.From Mozart’s first precocious attempts at composing at the age of four or five, through to his tragic death at the age of just 35, Sitwell traces this most famous of composers’ life with depth and humanity. Exploring Mozart’s genius i...
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    18,01 €

  • Liszt
    Sacheverell Sitwell
    In this classic work on music biography, Sacheverell Sitwell narrates Franz Liszt’s rapid ascent to European fame - and the effect that this incredible early success as a wonderfully gifted pianist had on his later life - with insight, sympathy and humanity, One of the very first studies of Liszt to be published in English, this remarkable biography uses the full force of Sitwe...
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    23,25 €

  • Denmark
    Sacheverell Sitwell
    A narrative of his time in Denmark, this work is largely concerned with the topography of the country, telling the intending visitor about all those features of the country’s buildings, landscape and people which are most characteristic and best worth seeing.A comprehensive study on Denmark, including the history and culture. To read a travel book by this author is to visi...
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    17,53 €

  • The Netherlands
    Sacheverell Sitwell
    'In this book Mr. Sacheverell Sitwell, looking at the Netherlands through his own eyes rather than through those of his many predecessors, has produced a picture of the country which may appear unorthodox only because of its unfamiliarity. In his belief Holland, as a country, is as individual as Russia or as Spain, and there is a great deal more to be seen and enjoyed in it tha...
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    19,70 €

  • Roumanian Journey
    Sacheverell Sitwell
    ’At the first mention of going to Roumania, a great many people, as I did myself, would take down their atlas and open the map. For Roumania, there can be no question, is among the lesser known lands of Europe.’So begins Sir Sacheverell Sitwell’s account of his Roumanian journey, made in the 1930s, when Bucharest was still eight days overland from London.His four...
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    17,56 €

  • Tropical Birds
    Sacheverell Sitwell
    This early work is a fascinating read for any ornithologist or nature enthusiast. Sixteen beautiful plates by John Gould are accompanied by notes about the varied tropical birds featured. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, ...
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    34,41 €

  • Southern Baroque Art - Painting-Architecture and Music in Italy and Spain of the 17th & 18th Centuries
    Sacheverell Sitwell
    Originally published London, 1924. Contents Include: The Serenade at Caserta 'Les Indes Galantes' The King and the Nightingale Biography etc. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. Home Farm Books are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, us...
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    35,84 €