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A virtual whos who of british authors, painters and composers supplemented by some notable americans, french notables and other nationalities. Dec 16, 2014 king albert of belgium, and his book, published 100 years ago by the telegraph photo. We collect information about the content including ads you use across this site and use it to make both advertising and content more relevant to you on our. Daily telegraph, in conjunction with the daily sketch, and the glasgow herald, and hodder and stoughton, 1914 ocolc563648400. King alberts book a tribute to the belgian king and people. A tribute to the belgian king and people from representative men and women throughtout the world. Cloth covered cardboard bound book, 189 pages, plain endpaper, containing printed text and printed colour illustrations, pasted into the book, the cover marked with a decorative border in green, both the cover and spine containing the title. The daily telegraph, in conjunction with the daily sketch, the glasgow herald, and hodder and stoughton date published 1914. Book condition used binding hardcover publisher london. Howells, rudyard kipling, jack london, alfred noyes, president taft, and edith wharton and many more. He attended king edwards school in the city before moving to study at the university of oxford. It comprises tributes to the brave people of belgium from a list of almost 300 famous and notable contributors. About the author anthony king was millennium professor of british government at the university of essex. Exactly one hundred years ago this christmas, the telegraph published king alberts book, a compendium of tributes by the great and the good of europe, compiled in honour of belgiums courage.
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