Beverly of Graustark - Couverture souple

McCutcheon, George Barr

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0809532018 ISBN 13 : 9780809532018

Editeur : Wildside Press, 2021

Synopsis

The fiction of George Barr McCutcheon (1866-1928) proved so popular in his day that he, along with Anthony Hope, the author of The Prisoner of Zenda, invented a whole new genre, now called the “Graustarkian novel,” a charming product of a more innocent time when the Balkans could be the scene of adventurous romances set in imaginary countries.

McCutcheon’s Graustark no doubt borders Hope’s Ruritania and Avram Davidson’s more recent Scythia-Pannonia-Transbalkania. It is a place where American adventurers can find themselves adrift, but rapidly caught up in intrigues, captures and escapes, and the perilously-hinged destiny of (at the very least) a royal throne or two. Beverly of Graustark is one entry in this best-selling series, which also includes Graustark, The Prince of Graustark, and Truxton King.

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Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Wildside Press
• Date d'édition: 2021
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0809532018
• ISBN 13: 9780809532018
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 368
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• Personne responsable: non disponible