Hero Tales and Legends of the Rhine (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781544626703)

There are many rivers whose celebrity is of much greater antiquity than that of the Rhine. The Nile and the Ganges are intimately associated with the early history of civilization and the mysterious beginnings of wisdom; the Tiber is eloquent of that vanished Empire which was the first to carry the torch of advancement into the dark places of barbarian Europe; the name of the Jordan is sacred to thousands as that first heard in infancy and linked with lives and memories divine. But, universal as is the fame of these rivers, none of them has awakened in the breasts of the dwellers on their banks such a fervent devotion, such intense enthusiasm, or such a powerful patriotic appeal as has the Rhine, at once the river, the frontier, and the palladium of the German folk.

Author: Lewis Spence
ISBN-10: 1544626703
ISBN-13: 9781544626703
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Language: English
Published: 03/16/2017
Pages: 270
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.80lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.57d