Harry Graf Kessler: Notes on Mexico An Annotated Translation |
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| Author:
| Leich, John |
| ISBN: | 978-1-4793-3740-8 |
| Publication Date: | Aug 2013 |
| Publisher: | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $15.00 |
Book Description:
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Harry graf Kessler was a turn-of-the-century German critic and patron of the arts who specialized in knowing every important European figure from Bismarck in Berlin to Josephine Baker in Paris. His diaries, now being published, have been a sensation among European and American historians. This book is a remarkable report and foreshadowing of pre-revolutionary Mexico.A new translation by John Foster Leich, author of Harry graf Kessler: Faces and Times. Thoroughly annotated, with maps...
More DescriptionHarry graf Kessler was a turn-of-the-century German critic and patron of the arts who specialized in knowing every important European figure from Bismarck in Berlin to Josephine Baker in Paris. His diaries, now being published, have been a sensation among European and American historians. This book is a remarkable report and foreshadowing of pre-revolutionary Mexico.A new translation by John Foster Leich, author of Harry graf Kessler: Faces and Times. Thoroughly annotated, with maps and illustrations.