Author: HALASI, ODON; LOVAS, ERNO (TRANSLATOR)
Title: Belgium Under the German Heel
Description: London: Cassell and Company, Ltd, 1917. First Edition. Hardcover. 257 pages. Translated from the Hungarian. Frontis sepia-toned photo-portrait of M. Adolph Max, Burgomaster of Brussels. Blue decorated boards. Author was "a prominent Hungarian author and journalist, who succeeded in gaining the confidence of the German authorities and was allowed in 1916 to spend a few months in Belgium, being given unusual facilities for travelling and seeing everything within the occupied territory. The Germans did not seek to hide anything from him; they revealed their methods and their Kultur in all its nakedness." - from Preface. Number written on backstrip. Rubber stamp on page 79 reads 'Please retain in ward where loaned'. Last leaf uncut. Above-average external wear. Binding intact. A worthy reading copy of this gripping and informative account.; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; Belgium German First World War WWI WWI Occupation Invasion Press Central Brussels. Fair .

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