HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN IN GREECE AND TURKEY: HIS DIARY OF 1841. by Helle, translation Jacobsen ISBN 13: 9788799059904

Denmark 2005. Andersen, the world famous Danish writer of stories and fairy tales for children and adults, loved to travel. And travel he did often, both within Denmark and to many European countries. In 1841, 36 years old and on his way to becoming a famous writer, he traveled to Greece and Turkey. In those days with trains in their infancy and before the invention of the automobile and airplane, he traveled by coach, by ship, on foot, and on horseback. Andersen, a man with a keen eye for both the sublime and the mundane, notes in his diary kings nad consuls as well as shopkeepers and shepherd, revealing the fine talents of observation and description of human nature that have earned him universal fame and affection., English, Year2005, Illust. B/W21, Illust. Color11, ISBN 8799059908, Code 5786. Softbound, , Pages 62, Size 8”x 6”