The Hansa Towns

by Helen Zimmern

Overview

Originally published in 1891. Author: Helen Zimmern Language: English Keywords: History / Hamburg Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. Obscure Press are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781443739979
Publisher:	Obscure Press
Publication date:	11/04/2008
Pages:	408
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 1.06(d)

About the Author

Helen Zimmern (25 March 1846 - 11 January 1934) was naturalised British writer and translator born in Germany. Zimmern and her parents emigrated in 1850 to Britain, where her father became a Nottingham lace merchant. She was naturalised upon coming of age, as one of the three daughters of the merchant Hermann Theodore Zimmern, and his wife Antonia Marie Therese Regina Zimmern. Her sister was the suffragist Alice Zimmern and the political scientist Alfred Eckhard Zimmern was a cousin.