Author: Auty, R - Lewitter, L R - Vlasto, A P [editors]
Title: Gorski Vijenats [ Vijenac ] - A Garland Of Essays Offered To Elizabeth Mary Hill
Description: Modern Humanities Research Association, Cambridge, 1970, 1st edition. Cloth, F. x+321pp, b/w frontis, a fine copy. Laid in are a host of related newspaper clippings ( mainly various broadsheet obituaries ) as well as a series of letters dating back to 1968 realting to Hill's retirement from Cambridge ( not written by Hill ) and an invitation to her 90th Birthday party in 1990. Publications of the Modern Humanities Research Association volume II. Hardback , no dustjacket. ¶ A collection of 28 essays on various Slavonic subjects ranging from Constantine's Embassy to the Arabs, the reception of Shelley in Polish literature, the ideological role of the Russian church in the early 1300s, the British in Northern Siberia in the 19th century etc etc. Dame Elizabeth Hill [ 1900 - 1996 ] Russian born slavonic linguist who was director of the JSSL which during World War II trained military recruits in Russian for military intelligence purposes.

Keywords: russian literature, slavonic history, russian history