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100 1 $aKessler, Harry,$cGraf,$d1868-1937.
240 10 $aTagebuch, 1880-1937.$lEnglish.$kSelections
245 10 $aJourney to the abyss :$bthe diaries of Count Harry Kessler, 1880-1918 /$cedited, translated, and with an introduction by Laird M. Easton.
250 $a1st ed.
260 $aNew York :$bAlfred A. Knopf,$c2011.
300 $axxiv, 924 p. :$bill. ;$c25 cm.
500 $a"This is a Borzoi book"--T.p. verso.
500 $aA selection of the early diaries, 1880-1918, of Count Harry Kessler, translated into English for the first time.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [885]-887) and index.
505 0 $aBoyhood and education : June 1880-December 1891 -- A trip around the world : December 1891-October 1893 -- Becoming modern : October 1893-April 1902 -- The new Weimar : April 1902-July 1906 -- The Belle Époque : July 1906-July 1914 -- At the front : July 1914-July 1916 -- Endgame : July 1916-November 1918 -- Epilogue.
520 $aA volume of early diaries by the exiled museum director and secret agent encompasses the turn of the twentieth century and offers unique insights into European court life and a world on the brink of the Great War.
600 10 $aKessler, Harry,$cGraf,$d1868-1937$vDiaries.
600 10 $aKessler, Harry,$cGraf,$d1868-1937$xChildhood and youth.
650 0 $aIntellectuals$zGermany$vDiaries.
650 0 $aDiplomats$zGermany$vDiaries.
651 0 $aGermany$xHistory$y1871-1918$vSources.
651 0 $aGermany$xPolitics and government$y1888-1918$vSources.
651 0 $aGermany$xIntellectual life$y20th century$vSources.
651 0 $aEurope$xIntellectual life$y20th century$vSources.
650 0 $aElite (Social sciences)$zGermany$xHistory$y20th century$vSources.
650 0 $aWorld War, 1914-1918$vPersonal narratives, German.
700 1 $aEaston, Laird McLeod,$d1956-