The Fight At Dame Europa’s School.
£35.00
Publisher
Publisher: Simpkin, Marshall and Co, London.
Date
1870
Synopsis
The cambridge-educated english cleric henry william pullen (1836-1909) had this allegory on the franco-prussian war and england's neutral stance, in which schoolboys represent the major european powers and the real war is imagined as a playground dispute, published anonymously on the 21st of october 1870 william [william i], the german boy with his sly friend mark [bismarck], louis [napoleon iii], the french boy, and john [bull or russell], the english boy.
Item Description
Blue wrappers. Edition: Thirty-Second Thousand. 28 pp., 3 pages publisher's advertisements. 1 vols. 10.5 x 16.5 cm. Foxing.
[Stock No. 28765]
