Following The Equator - Couverture souple

Twain, Mark

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1906780250 ISBN 13 : 9781906780258

Editeur : John Beaufoy Publishing Ltd, 2010

Synopsis

Mark Twain enjoyed immense public popularity during his lifetime, and was already one of the best-known authors in America when, in 1895, he set out on a worldwide lecture tour, undertaken to help him recover from bankruptcy following the failure of his publishing company. Starting in Paris, he journeyed across America to Vancouver, and thence, via Hawaii and Fiji, to Australia and New Zealand, in both of which countries he travelled widely. At the end of the year, he sailed from Sydney to Colombo, and became captivated by the Indian sub-continent, its people and their customs. Arriving in South Africa four months after the Jameson Raid, he had ample opportunity to employ his acerbic wit on the deteriorating relationship between the British and the Afrikaaners.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: John Beaufoy Publishing Ltd
• Date d'édition: 2010
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1906780250
• ISBN 13: 9781906780258
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 538
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible