Baden-Powell - Couverture rigide

Jeal, Tim

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 009170670X ISBN 13 : 9780091706708

Editeur : Hutchinson, 1989

Synopsis

This biography traces the life of Baden-Powell, the victor of Mafeking and founder of the Boy Scouts Movement, and his controversial racial views and private life. It is the culmination of five years research. Tim Jeal is a member of the Writer's Guild and has written "Livingstone".

A propos du livre

Revue de presse

Reviews of the earlier edition: 'Baden-Powell's life story is as rich and engrossing as any of his memorable campfire yarns ... a monumental biography.' --Zara Steiner, New York Times Book Review

'In an age of good biographies, here is one that deserves to be called great ... a magnificent book.' --Piers Brendon, Mail on Sunday

'Jeal's Baden-Powell is brave and self-seeking, devious and honorable, a domestic paragon whose repressed homosexuality fired his career, a soldier of genius who ultimately rejected militarism ... The story that Tim Jeal has to tell is epic, funny, and touching.' --Philip Oakes, New Statesman

Présentation de l'éditeur

R.S.S. Baden-Powell, who founded the Boy Scouts movement, was a British military hero during the Boer War and an author, actor, artist, spy and sportsman. In this absorbing and humane account of Baden-Powell's extraordinary life, Tim Jeal reveals for the first time the complex figure behind the saintly public mask, showing him to be a man of both dazzling talents and crippling secret fears.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Hutchinson
• Date d'édition: 1989
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 009170670X
• ISBN 13: 9780091706708
• Reliure: Relié
• Numéro d'édition: 1
• Nombre de pages: 670
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible