Journey for our Time. The journals of the Marquis de Custine; edited and translated by Phyllis Penn Kohler; introduction by Walter Bedell Smith
Astolphe Louis Léonard, marquis de Custine (1790-1857)
Category
Books
Date
1951
Materials
Place of origin
United States
Collection
Chartwell, Kent
NT 3132120
Summary
The book is a translation of the journals of the Marquis de Custine who was a French aristocrat who was best known as a travel writer. This work is about Russia, the social fabric, economy and way of life in the reign of Nicolas I. Book gifted by: The author Book Inscription Signature: Phyllis Penn Kohler Book Inscription: The right Honorable Winston Churchill, who, without his knowledge served as mentor and model throughout my efforts to achieve an English version of the journals of the Marquis de Custina [?] of the author, I humbly present ‘Journey of our Time’. Phyllis Penn Kohler. March 26, 1951 (Handwritten note at bottom of page saying ‘read by WSC May 1951) Date of Inscription: March 26, 1951
Bibliographic description
viii,383p. ; 22cm. Provenance: Inscribed "The right Honorable Winston Churchill, who, without his knowledge served as mentor and model throughout my efforts to achieve an English version of the journals of the Marquis de Custine [?] of the author, I humbly present ‘Journey of our Time’. Phyllis Penn Kohler. March 26, 1951." Binding: black cloth.
Makers and roles
Astolphe Louis Léonard, marquis de Custine (1790-1857) Phyllis Penn Kohler