Black Paths Illustrated by Nathan Reed I wouldn’t need to lug

I wouldn’t need to lug a camera

expressive pen and ink illustrations supplement the text

Curated Source Texts: Dozens of guided pages featuring excerpts from classic literature (Shakespeare

Metropolitan Museum of Art curator Alice Cooney Frelinghuysen recounts the storied history of the church

and the recesses of the mind

Black Paths Illustrated by Nathan Reed I wouldn’t need to lugWhen the Austro Hungarian Empire disintegrated after World War I, control of the Adriatic port of Fiume (now Rieka, Croatia) was hotly disputed. Enter Pirate King Gabriele dAnnunzio, an Italian poet who stormed the city with 3,000 Italian nationalists. DAnnunzio declared Fiume a free republic and himself commander. He envisioned a utopian city state, but Fiume quickly became a surreal center of violence, looting, and decadence, with shades of the