Glances Back Through Seventy Years : Autobiographical and Other Reminiscences Paperback / softback
by Henry Vizetelly
Part of the Glances Back Through Seventy Years 2 Volume Paperback Set series
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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 strict Victorian 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.
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- Publisher:Cambridge University Press
- Publication Date:04/03/2010
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- ISBN:9781108009300
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- Publication Date:04/03/2010
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- ISBN:9781108009300
