Adam Runaway - Couverture rigide

Prince, Peter

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0743271017 ISBN 13 : 9780743271011

Editeur : Touchstone Books, 2005

Synopsis

Book by Prince Peter

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

It is 1721 and young Adam Hanaway, devastated by his father's sudden death, leaves England to seek his fortune in Lisbon, where his uncle is a successful merchant. But almost nothing turns out as Adam planned. His family's welcome is cool, and Adam's rise is thwarted by his uncle's treacherous clerk and also by a certain personal trait. He's not a coward exactly, but he is inclined to boldly put himself in dangerous situations and then at the last minute run away -- hence the nickname.

Adam certainly has a lot to learn. The Inquisition grips Portugal, and those who befriend Adam may not be well intentioned. His mother and sisters wait for him to rescue them from poverty, but he is distracted by a number of local beauties. Then he commits a social faux pas so severe he forever ruins his chances for making a good match. Swept up in a struggle that will require him to come into his manhood -- the struggle between wickedness and humanity -- it seems Adam will never find his way to success, to love, or to peace with the life fate has given him.

Revue de presse

"A stunning historical novel with an unforgettable hero." -- Publishing News (UK)

"An English Candide wanders into eighteenth-century Lisbon . . . a pleasing and well-written confection." -- Kirkus Reviews

"Adam Runaway is a picaresque novel that will surprise the reader on almost every page. . . . In addition to these pleasures, it sounds some profound moral and religious notes that will linger in the imagination long after the book has been closed." -- Robert Hellenga, author of The Sixteen Pleasures

"Prince's descriptions are so vivid, his vision so real, that Adam, with all his bawdy romps and exciting adventures, emerges as a very modern hero." -- Daily Mirror (UK)

"Historically precise and brilliantly detailed, Prince's novel is a vast tapestry of cosmopolitan Lisbon." -- curledup.com

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Touchstone Books
• Date d'édition: 2005
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0743271017
• ISBN 13: 9780743271011
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 437
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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