Glances back through seventy years: autobiographical and other reminiscences v. 2

This autobiography recalls the eventful career of the nineteenth-century publisher and journalist, Henry Vizetelly (1820-1894). Born in London, Vizetelly was apprenticed to a wood engraver as a young child. He entered the printing business and helped found two successful but short-lived newspapers, the Pictorial Times and the Illustrated Times. From 1865 Vizetelly worked in Paris and Berlin as a foreign correspondent for the Illustrated London News, and also wrote and published several books. He later became a publisher of foreign novels and gained notoriety for his translations of Emile Zola which challenged strictVictorian laws on obscenity and led to his prosecution and imprisonment. His book is a fascinating blend of public and personal history, providing an insight into the turbulent literary world of nineteenth-century Europe. Volume 2 begins in 1858 with the marriage of Princess Vicky and concludes with Vizetelly's return to England in 1878. INDICE: 22. The French detective and his smart subordinate; 23. An expedition to Homburg; 24. The paper duty agitation; 25. On board the Great Eastern during the explosion; 26. A suspicious fire at Campden House; 27. The Shakspeare tercentenary committee and Mr Thackeray; 28. French apartments; 29. Odd waysof getting a living in Paris; 30. New Year's Day in Paris; 31. European potentates in Paris; 32. At the prefecture of police; 33. With the court at Compiègne; 34. On and about the boulevards; 35. In Brittany; 36. The Italian colony; 37. Boulevardian journalists; 38. In the vineyards of the Médoc; 39. A conflagration among the Bordeaux shipping; 40. The Pantin tragedy; 41. At Troppman's execution; 42. In the wake of Rory of the Hills.

• ISBN: 978-1-108-00930-0
• Editorial: Cambridge University
• Encuadernacion: Rústica
• Páginas: 456
• Fecha Publicación: 04/03/2010
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés