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Informationen zum Autor The Illustrator: This is Matilda Harrison's first picture book for Bloomsbury. She is half-British and half-Australian, and currently lives in North London. Her other illustrative work is primarily editorial; she works for Vogue, The Independent, Elle, The Economist, The Telegraph and The Times. Klappentext There is 'luxury and inconvenience on the one hand, liberty, hard living and filth on the other'. So Edward Lear described the mysterious and often misunderstood country of Albania. Edward Lear's travels through Albania and Macedonia in 1848 came about when an outbreak of cholera closed off all other routes out of Salonica - the port in which he arrives as these journals begin - setting him off on this unusual adventure. His meticulous journals offer a unique insight into the Balkans in this period; the difficulties and romance of travelling in Albania - especially as an Englishman, visiting places never previously seen by foreigners; and the profound effect of the landscape and its people on an artist's mind. Lavishly illustrated with the artist's own paintings and suffused with a unique charm, "Edward Lear in Albania" catalogues his idiosyncratic observations of this beautiful and unknown land. Including vivid insights into the environment, culture and politics of the period, these Journals offer an intimate portrait of a wild yet captivating corner of Europe. Zusammenfassung Edward Lear's travels through Albania and Macedonia in 1848 came about when an outbreak of cholera closed off all other routes out of Salonica setting him off on this unusual adventure. This book catalogues his observations of this land. It provides insights into the environment, culture and politics of the period.
