Contemporary Review, November 1st, 1995
Neal Ascherson. Jonathan Cape. 306pp. 17.99[pounds]. 0-224-04102-9.
The author, a sometimes notorious journalist, has made an outstanding and successful effort to acquaint us with the facts and the images of a forgotten water, forgotten although Britain fought a famous victory on its shores, the Crimean War. The author starts and finishes up with the facts and the environmental problems of that mysterious water. Only the top 200 metres of its water are alive, permitting fish, dolphins and other creatures despite its five contributary rivers -- the Danube is one -- pouring some 203 cubic kil...
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