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High Albania: A Victorian Traveller's Balkan Odyssey

Edith Durham began her travels late in life on her doctor's orders. She sailed to Montenegro and began a love affair with the Balkans that lasted the rest of her life. This is her passionate account of life in the formidable mountainous terrain of Northern Albania.

Audience
adult
Length
medium · 384 pages

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