The Alhambra and the Kremlin, The South and the North of Europe

The Alhambra and the Kremlin, The South and the North of Europe

By Irenæus Prime
Michael Caine
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Excerpt: "The South and the North of Europe are contrasted in this volume. Not by any formal comparison of the morals and manners, the institutions and condition of the peoples in different latitudes, but by candid statement and description, I have sought to give a fair view of life as it is in Spain and Scandinavia. Since the journey was made, the Queen of Spain has fled, and the Emperor of France has perished from among men. But the social life of the nations remains the same from age to age. The Alhambra is a type of the South. The Kremlin is a symbol of the North. Both of them are fortresses enclosing palaces: the glory of Spain in ruins, the pride of the North in its strength and beauty. Vague and indefinite ideas of these wonderful edifices, and of the countries they represent, have been entertained by many, who may find in these pages pictures of things as they are, which the writer trusts are faithful and portable."

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GenreTravel
Length15 hrs 46 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateJul 3, 2021
LanguageEnglish

Table of contents

1List of Illustrations.
21CHAPTER XIX. GERMAN WATERING-PLACES—BINGEN ON THE RHINE.
2CONTENTS.
22CHAPTER XX. PILGRIMAGE TO AIX-LA-CHAPELLE.
3CHAPTER I. GRANADA.
23CHAPTER XXI. FRANKFORT.
4CHAPTER II. OUT OF FRANCE INTO SPAIN—THE BASQUE PROVINCES.
24CHAPTER XXII. WARSAW.
5CHAPTER III. BURGOS—THE ESCORIAL.
25CHAPTER XXIII. FROM WARSAW TO ST. PETERSBURG.
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6CHAPTER IV. MADRID—A SABBATH AND A CARNIVAL.
26CHAPTER XXIV ST. PETERSBURG.
7CHAPTER V. MADRID—PALACE—BANK—PICTURE-GALLERY.
27CHAPTER XXV. RUSSIAN ART, CUSTOMS, AND MANNERS.
8CHAPTER VI. TOLEDO—ITS FLEAS, LANDLORDS, ANTIQUITIES, AND LUNATICS.
28CHAPTER XXVI. FROM ST. PETERSBURG TO MOSCOW.
9CHAPTER VII. LA MANCHA—ANDALUSIA.
29CHAPTER XXVII. THE KREMLIN AND THE BELLS OF MOSCOW.
10CHAPTER VIII. CORDOVA.
30CHAPTER XXVIII. THE CHURCHES OF MOSCOW.
11CHAPTER IX. SEVILLE, ITS CATHEDRAL AND BULL-FIGHTS.
31CHAPTER XXIX. PALACE AND INSTITUTIONS OF MOSCOW.
12CHAPTER X. SEVILLE.
32CHAPTER XXX. FROM MOSCOW TO ST. PETERSBURG.
13CHAPTER XI. MALAGA.
33CHAPTER XXXI. FINLAND.
14CHAPTER XII. THE ALHAMBRA.
34CHAPTER XXXII. FINLAND (Continued).
15CHAPTER XIII. THE ALHAMBRA (Continued).
35CHAPTER XXXIII. SWEDEN.
16CHAPTER XIV. GRANADA.
36CHAPTER XXXIV. SWEDEN (Continued).
17CHAPTER XV. GENEVA—FREYBURG—BERNE.
37CHAPTER XXXV. SWEDEN (Continued).
18CHAPTER XVI. THE BRUNIG PASS—LUCERNE.
38CHAPTER XXXVI. SWEDEN (Continued).
19CHAPTER XVII. THE BLACK VIRGIN OF EINSIEDELN—LIFE IN SWITZERLAND, &c.
39CHAPTER XXXVII. NORWAY.
20CHAPTER XVIII. CANTON APPENZELL—SWISS CUSTOMS.
40CHAPTER XXXVIII. DENMARK.

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