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Over the Mountains to Meteora by Curzon, Robert - 2008

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Over the Mountains to Meteora

by Curzon, Robert

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Athens: Anagnosis Books, 2008 Abridged from Visits to the Monasteries in the Levant, first published in 1849 . " An English aristocrat and student of palaeography, between 1834 and 1837 Curzon toured Egypt, Syria and Greece, seeking to comb through the treasures of ancient manuscripts mouldering in monasteries. His first Grecian journey started from Corfu, and took him across the Pindus Mountains to the picturesque monasteries of Meteora and back. He described this part of his travels as "the most dangerous.expedition that it ever was my fortune to undertake.There were virtually no roads. Law and order hardly existed, and life was cheap. However, his resilience, his status as an English milordi, his ready ability to communicate with dangerous characters boldly and without condescension and no doubt his personal charm combined to afford him protection. ". Re-issue.. Soft Cover. New Book from Greece.
  • Bookseller KALAMOS BOOKS CA (CA)
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  • Book Condition New New Book from Greece
  • Edition Re-issue.
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  • Publisher Anagnosis Books
  • Place of Publication Athens
  • Date Published 2008
  • Keywords GREECE DESCRIPTION AND TRAVEL THESSALY METEORA MONASTERIES

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Over the Mountains to Meteora

Over the Mountains to Meteora

by Robert Curzon (1810 – 1873)

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Abridged from "Visits to Monasteries in the Levant", first published in 1849. Soft cover, 18 cm, 92 pp. // "On its reaching the rock on which we stood the net was spread open; my two servants sat down upon it; and the four corners being attached to the hook, a signal was made, and they began slowly ascending into the air, twisting round and round like a leg of mutton hanging to a bottle-jack. The rope was old and mended, and, the height from the ground to the door above was, we afterwards learned, 222 feet. When they reached the top I saw two stout monks reach their arms out of, the door and pull in the two servants by main force, as there was no contrivance like a turning-crane for bringing them nearer to the landing-place. The whole process appeared so dangerous, that I determined to go up by climbing a series of ladders which were suspended by large wooden pegs on the face of the precipice... The lowest ladder was approached by a pathway leading to a rickety wooden platform which overhung a deep… Read More
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