The Diaries of Hermann Ludwig von Lowenstern
Download or Read eBook The Diaries of Hermann Ludwig von Lowenstern PDF written by Victoria Joan Moessner and published by Page Publishing Inc. This book was released on 2014-11-17 with total page 379 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
| Author | : Victoria Joan Moessner |
| Publisher | : Page Publishing Inc |
| Total Pages | : 379 |
| Release | : 2014-11-17 |
| ISBN-10 | : 9781628386097 |
| ISBN-13 | : 1628386096 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (97 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis The Diaries of Hermann Ludwig von Lowenstern by : Victoria Joan Moessner
Book excerpt: Hermann Ludwig von Löwenstern (1777-1836), as a younger son of the landed gentry in Estonia, had no prospects of being given an estate, i.e. a means of livelihood in his homeland. Therefore, at the age of 15 he entered Russian naval service. In 1797 while in England, he began keeping detailed diaries during the English sailors' revolt and continued them until leaving the Russian navy in 1815 to marry and take over estates in Estonia. From England in 1799, he sailed to Gibraltar, Sicily, Greece,
