The Danube: A Cultural History

by Andrew Beattie

Book Overview

The Danube is the longest river in western and central Europe. Rising amidst the beautiful wooded hills of Germany's Black Forest, it touches or winds its way through ten countries and four capital cities before emptying into the Black Sea through a vast delta whose silt-filled channels spread across eastern Romania. From earliest times, the river has provided a route from Europe to Asia that was followed by armies and traders, while empires, from...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199768358
• ISBN13: 9780199768356
• Release Date: January 2011
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.3" x 8.0"