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Paperback. Condition: Very Good. This autobiography by Janet Teissier du Cros (born Janet Grierson) recounts a vanished world. Born into an upper-class household in the Edwardian era, she experienced all the security of a confident imperial era, a time of gaslight and servants, as well as the time of childhood's most vivid hopes, fears and imaginings. Janet was the daughter of Sir Herbert Grierson, first holder of the Chair of Rhetoric and English Literature at the University of Aberdeen. Her mother's father was Sir Alexander Ogston, Professor of Military Surgery and Surgeon-in-Ordinary to the Royal Family in Scotland. The Greiersons were from Shetland, the Ogstons from Aberdeen, and the author presents her life with both families in her narrative. During World War I, the family moved to Edinburgh, when Sir Herbert took up his Chair at the University of Aberdeen. It was a world where money and the law took an unfamiliar precedence and a world touched also by wartime austerity and bereavement. Janet had a first acquaintance with artistic circles, with Edinburgh figures such as Andre Raffalovich, Canon John Gray (said to be the original of Oscar Wilde's "Picture of Dorian Gray"), George Saintsbury and Donald Francis Tovey. Through her father, the author also met literary figures, including W.B. Yeats and G.K. Chesterton. The story ends in 1923 when the author leaves for Vienna to study piano. Later, she married a Frenchman, and, as Janet Teissier du Cros, recorded her experiences of living in German-occupied France in divided loyalties. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

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Paperback. Condition: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

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Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. On 4 August 2020 a massive explosion in the port area obliterated parts of Beirut and damaged many others, bringing fresh international attention to a city already recovering from civil war and weakened by economic instability.This book contributes to the rediscovery of Beirut by inviting the visitor and reader to explore a city that is unique in the region for its multicultural heritage, where antiquity jostles with Ottoman and French colonial influence as well as with striking expressions of modernity. The history of Beirut, as with so many other cities, is multi-layered; but this is exceptionally conspicuous in the cultural, denominational and economic diversity of its neighbourhoods. These are best investigated slowly and on foot, a strategy both practicable and pleasurable despite a tyrannical car culture.Between 2019 and 2021, in the aftermath of the explosion, Beatrice Teissier walked through the citys streets and recorded her impressions as a record of Beiruts architectural fabric and turbulent recent history. Beirut: Scarred City offers twelve itineraries in parts of west, central and east Beirut, with a foray south, which take the reader to easily accessible areas of the city. From crumbling mansions to brutalist high-rises, from seascapes to inner-city parks and cemeteries, from ancient ruins to the latest reconstruction, from graffiti to international street art and contemporary art galleries, each area tells its story.The present crisis is not avoided, and the author discusses Lebanons economic crisis, the political problems that have beset the city since the civil war and the controversies surrounding reconstruction. References to contemporary Arab literature on Beirut and, more personally, private insights and conversations give voice to the spirit of the city and to the resilience and creativity of its citizens. This book contributes to the rediscovery of Beirut by inviting the visitor and reader to explore a city that is unique in the region for its multicultural heritage, where antiquity jostles with Ottoman and French colonial influence as well as with striking expressions of modernity. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

Paperback. Condition: New. On 4 August 2020 a massive explosion in the port area obliterated parts of Beirut and damaged many others, bringing fresh international attention to a city already recovering from civil war and weakened by economic instability. This book contributes to the rediscovery of Beirut by inviting the visitor and reader to explore a city that is unique in the region for its multicultural heritage, where antiquity jostles with Ottoman and French colonial influence as well as with striking expressions of modernity. The history of Beirut, as with so many other cities, is multi-layered; but this is exceptionally conspicuous in the cultural, denominational and economic diversity of its neighbourhoods. These are best investigated slowly and on foot, a strategy both practicable and pleasurable despite a tyrannical car culture. Between 2019 and 2021, in the aftermath of the explosion, Beatrice Teissier walked through the city's streets and recorded her impressions as a record of Beirut's architectural fabric and turbulent recent history. Beirut: Scarred City offers twelve itineraries in parts of west, central and east Beirut, with a foray south, which take the reader to easily accessible areas of the city. From crumbling mansions to brutalist high-rises, from seascapes to inner-city parks and cemeteries, from ancient ruins to the latest reconstruction, from graffiti to international street art and contemporary art galleries, each area tells its story.The present crisis is not avoided, and the author discusses Lebanon's economic crisis, the political problems that have beset the city since the civil war and the controversies surrounding reconstruction. References to contemporary Arab literature on Beirut and, more personally, private insights and conversations give voice to the spirit of the city and to the resilience and creativity of its citizens.

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