Strabo of Amasia : a Greek man of letters in Augustan Rome / by Dueck, Daniela, 1965-

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The astonished traveler : William Darby, frontier geographer and man of letters / by Kennedy, J. Gerald

René Blum and the Ballets russes : in search of a lost life / by Chazin-Bennahum, Judith

Table of Contents: “…Childhood and youth: the formation of an intellectual and aesthete -- René Blum, man of letters -- Marcel Proust and René Blum: an uncommon friendship -- The great war and René Blum -- René Blum and the Théâtre de Monte-Carlo (1924-1931) -- René and Josette -- The resurrection of the Ballets Russes de Monte-Carlo -- Blum brings Michel Fokine into the fold -- The new world calls! …”