Monumental work on the COUN Armenia by H F B Lynch
An extensive review of Lynch’s Travels and Studies on Armenia two volumes with numerous illustrations maps and bibliography. The piece discusses Armenian fate under Russian Turkish influence noting harsh travel conditions in Armenian regions especially around Van and the police presence threatening local life.
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Armenia
H. F. B. Lynch
Octave
Longmans, Green & Co
Van
Vali
Bilis
Mr. Lynch
Armenia under two empires and the Cossack shock troops
The piece surveys Mr. Lynch's Armenia itineraries of 1893-94 and 1898, detailing Russian Armenian bureaucratic oppression, Kurdish tensions in Turkish Armenia, pervasive espionage, and the Armenian majority's cultural and religious life framed by monasteries while noting Cossack influence and travel restrictions. It also discusses Jefferson biographer William Eleroy Curtis's balanced portrait in The True Thomas Jefferson.
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Black Sea
Russia
Russian Armenia
Turkish
Armenia
Turkey
Mr. Lynch
Mr. Curtis
Thomas Jefferson
Lippincott
Jefferson
Henry Adams
United States
Count Hannibal A Romance of the Court of France
A review of Stanley J. Weyman's Count Hannibal. Set in Paris during the St Bartholomew massacre, the novel centers on Count Hannibal de Tavannes and his ruthless bid to wed Mile. de Vrillac while orchestrating Huguenot extinction. Weyman highlights character over plot, portraying a formidable noble with dignity amid brutality.
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Count Hannibal
France
Stanley J. Weyman
Longmans, Green & Co
Mr. Weyman
Hannibal
Paris
St. Bartholomew
Weyman
Hannibal de Tavannes
Mile. de _ Vrillac
M. de Tignonville
Tignonville
Charles IX
Jefferson as Expansionist and the Louisiana Purchase
A brief review notes the centennial of Jefferson era measures and critiques a fuller examination of his role as expansionist. The author argues Curtis underplays Jefferson’s early vision for the Louisiana Purchase, while acknowledging Jefferson's varied contributions as lawyer farmer officeholder and founder.
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Life Ledger
Jefferson
University of Virginia
Curtis
Hamilton
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