The Toys of Princes - Paperback

by Ghislain De Diesbach (Author), Richard Howard (Introduction by)

Imagine middle European 19th century royalty, Twilight Zone twists, urbane humor, loving characterizations.

Author Biography

Richard Howard was born in Cleveland in 1929. He is the author of 13 volumes of poetry and has published over 150 translations from the French including works by Gide, Stendhal, De Beauvoir, Baudelaire and De Gaulle. He has edited the Library of America's edition of the Travel Writing of Henry James. His honors include the Pulitzer Prize.