Böcker av Tony Lurcock

Fourth and final volume in a series documenting Anglo-Finnish relations and acclaimed by the TLS as 'a fascinating prism through which to view modern Finland'.

Part anthology, part history, Not So Barren or Uncultivated brings to life these forgotten journeys and gives a picture of Finland at a time when it was little known to the outside world. It also presents the familiar figure of the Englishman Abroad in very unfamiliar terms. Lurcock's book is informative, affectionate, and full of surprising and entertaining episodes.'This fascinating survey of the British in Finland' - Paul Binding, Times Literary Supplement

Selected passages from the accounts of nearly thirty travellers, together with Lurcock's informed and entertaining commentary, chart the varied responses of British writers to the making of modern Finland up to 1917, the year of independence.The book includes a section on the Russian War of 1854-5, which brought the British fleet into the Baltic. Among those whose impressions are recorded here are Bartholomew James Sulivan, who was later to serve as Lieutenant on the Beagle and became a close friend of Charles Darwin, and Arthur J. Evans, who later found fame as the excavator of Knossos.'Tony Lurock's rich, enlightening book' - Paul Binding, Times Literary Supplement