Snake and Sword follows Damocles de Warrenne, an Anglo-Indian gentleman whose childhood encounter with a deadly snake scars his imagination and tests the inherited code of courage symbolized by the sword. Moving between India and England, the novel blends imperial adventure, psychological melodrama, romance, and military-school fiction. Its prose is vigorous, ornate, and morally emphatic, belonging to the late Edwardian tradition of Kiplingesque empire writing while probing, with unusual intensity, the fragile boundary between bravery and terror. P. C. Wren (1875-1941), later famous for Beau Geste, drew heavily on the world of British India, army culture, and the rituals of masculine honour. Though aspects of his life remain debated, he worked in India and possessed intimate knowledge of colonial institutions, class expectations, and service ideals. These experiences help explain the novel's fascination with discipline, racial and social hierarchy, and the making-or unmaking-of a soldierly self. Readers interested in classic adventure fiction, colonial literary history, or early twentieth-century studies of fear and masculinity will find Snake and Sword rewarding. It is dated in assumptions, but revealing, absorbing, and culturally significant.
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Taschenbuch. Etat : Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Snake and Sword follows Damocles de Warrenne, an Anglo-Indian gentleman whose childhood encounter with a deadly snake scars his imagination and tests the inherited code of courage symbolized by the sword. Moving between India and England, the novel blends imperial adventure, psychological melodrama, romance, and military-school fiction. Its prose is vigorous, ornate, and morally emphatic, belonging to the late Edwardian tradition of Kiplingesque empire writing while probing, with unusual intensity, the fragile boundary between bravery and terror. P. C. Wren (1875-1941), later famous for Beau Geste, drew heavily on the world of British India, army culture, and the rituals of masculine honour. Though aspects of his life remain debated, he worked in India and possessed intimate knowledge of colonial institutions, class expectations, and service ideals. These experiences help explain the novel's fascination with discipline, racial and social hierarchy, and the making-or unmaking-of a soldierly self. Readers interested in classic adventure fiction, colonial literary history, or early twentieth-century studies of fear and masculinity will find Snake and Sword rewarding. It is dated in assumptions, but revealing, absorbing, and culturally significant. 132 pp. Englisch. N° de réf. du vendeur 9788028358297
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Taschenbuch. Etat : Neu. nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware - Printed after ordering - Snake and Sword follows Damocles de Warrenne, an Anglo-Indian gentleman whose childhood encounter with a deadly snake scars his imagination and tests the inherited code of courage symbolized by the sword. Moving between India and England, the novel blends imperial adventure, psychological melodrama, romance, and military-school fiction. Its prose is vigorous, ornate, and morally emphatic, belonging to the late Edwardian tradition of Kiplingesque empire writing while probing, with unusual intensity, the fragile boundary between bravery and terror. P. C. Wren (1875-1941), later famous for Beau Geste, drew heavily on the world of British India, army culture, and the rituals of masculine honour. Though aspects of his life remain debated, he worked in India and possessed intimate knowledge of colonial institutions, class expectations, and service ideals. These experiences help explain the novel's fascination with discipline, racial and social hierarchy, and the making-or unmaking-of a soldierly self. Readers interested in classic adventure fiction, colonial literary history, or early twentieth-century studies of fear and masculinity will find Snake and Sword rewarding. It is dated in assumptions, but revealing, absorbing, and culturally significant. N° de réf. du vendeur 9788028358297
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Taschenbuch. Etat : Neu. This item is printed on demand - Print on Demand Titel. Neuware -Snake and Sword follows Damocles de Warrenne, an Anglo-Indian gentleman whose childhood encounter with a deadly snake scars his imagination and tests the inherited code of courage symbolized by the sword. Moving between India and England, the novel blends imperial adventure, psychological melodrama, romance, and military-school fiction. Its prose is vigorous, ornate, and morally emphatic, belonging to the late Edwardian tradition of Kiplingesque empire writing while probing, with unusual intensity, the fragile boundary between bravery and terror. P. C. Wren (1875-1941), later famous for Beau Geste, drew heavily on the world of British India, army culture, and the rituals of masculine honour. Though aspects of his life remain debated, he worked in India and possessed intimate knowledge of colonial institutions, class expectations, and service ideals. These experiences help explain the novel's fascination with discipline, racial and social hierarchy, and the making-or unmaking-of a soldierly self. Readers interested in classic adventure fiction, colonial literary history, or early twentieth-century studies of fear and masculinity will find Snake and Sword rewarding. It is dated in assumptions, but revealing, absorbing, and culturally significant. N° de réf. du vendeur 9788028358297
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Taschenbuch. Etat : Neu. Snake and Sword | A British Raj Military Adventure of Courage, Fear, Honour, and Colonial Garrison Life | P. C. Wren | Taschenbuch | Englisch | 2023 | Sharp Ink | EAN 9788028358297 | Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Copycat s.r.o., 22, Holesovice, Schnirchova 662, 170 00 PRAGUE, TSCHECHIEN, kristoferpaetau[at]gmail[dot]com | Anbieter: preigu. N° de réf. du vendeur 128619980
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