Black Lamb and Grey Falcon: The Record of a Journey Through Yugoslavia in 1937, Volume II (2, Two)
by Rebecca West
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/Good
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
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Black Lamb and Grey Falcon is an 1,181-page travel book written by Dame Rebecca West, published in 1941. The book gives an account of Balkan history and ethnography, and the significance of Nazism, structured about her six week trip to Yugoslavia in 1937. It made the Random House Modern Library list of the best 100 non-fiction books of the 20th century. The writer Larry McMurtry says in an essay, "... there are only a few great travel books. Rebecca West's Black Lamb and Grey Falcon is one...".
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- World of Rare Books (GB)
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- 1719230564ABS
- Title
- Black Lamb and Grey Falcon: The Record of a Journey Through Yugoslavia in 1937, Volume II (2, Two)
- Author
- Rebecca West
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good/Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Macmillan
- Date Published
- 1943
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