The Rover - Couverture souple

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Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0805062637 ISBN 13 : 9780805062632

Editeur : Owl Publishing Company, 1999

Synopsis

Book by Conrad Joseph

A propos du livre

Biographie de l'auteur

Joseph Conrad was a Polish novelist who lived most of his life in Britain and didn't learn English until age 21. The young Conrad lived an adventurous life involving gunrunning and political conspiracy, and apparently had a disastrous love affair that plunged him into despair. He served 16 years in the merchant navy.In 1894, at age 36, Conrad reluctantly gave up the sea, partly because of poor health and partly because he had decided on a literary career.

Présentation de l'éditeur

Conrad's The Rover is a novel of naval life in the Napoleonic. After forty years of piracy on Eastern seas, Citizen Peyrol returns to his native France, a country now ravaged and scarred by revolution and war. Looking for peace in which to end his days, he withdraws to a remote farmhouse in a safe harbor where he finds love and joy. But the arrival of young Lieutenant Real calls Peyrol once again to action in a mission of danger, patriotism, and heroism.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Owl Publishing Company
• Date d'édition: 1999
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0805062637
• ISBN 13: 9780805062632
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 214
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible