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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Thorpe, Nick.

  The Danube : a journey upriver from the Black Sea to the Black Forest / Nick Thorpe.

    pages cm

  ISBN 978–0–300–18165–4 (cl : alk. paper)

  1. Danube River Valley—Description and travel. 2. Danube River Valley—History, Local. 3. Danube River Valley—Social life and customs. 4. Thorpe, Nick—Travel—Danube River Valley. I. Title.

  DJK76.4.T47 2013

  914.96045—dc23

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