Europe in the Looking Glass

First published in 1926 by George Routledge and Sons: London, now public domain. In 1925, after being kicked out of Oxford University for &quote;misdemeanors&quote; and mooching aimlessly around London, Robert Byron and two friends left for the Continent. As with his famous namesake before him, this would be a Grand Tour, but one done by car. Byron's wry and informative account languished out of print for almost a hundred years. Now it has been rescued and republished, enabling us to rediscover Byron and catch a fascinating glimpse of post-war Europe and its relatively sunny calm before the sun blacked out.