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Beasts Royal

- Twelve Tales of Adventure
Af: Patrick O’Brian Engelsk Paperback

Beasts Royal

- Twelve Tales of Adventure
Af: Patrick O’Brian Engelsk Paperback
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Beasts Royal is the second book written by Patrick O’Brian – made available, at last, for the first time since the 1930s and elegantly repackaged.On the indigo waters of the South Sea, the crew of a schooner are attacked by a man-eating tiger-shark. In the humid depths of the African jungle, a thirty-foot python plots to rid himself of his rival, a wily old crocodile. Amid the heat and dust of the Punjab, the snake-charmer Hussein escapes into the forest on the elephant that he trained when a mahout in his youth.With the dry wit and unsentimental precision O’Brian would come to be loved for, we see the drama and tragedies of the natural world unfold for these, as well as other birds and beasts, in these twelve tales of animal adventure that would appear together in 1934 as the author’s second book.O’Brian’s debut, Caesar, had been published in 1930 and became an instant success, seeing him hailed as the ‘boy-Thoreau’. His second novel, Hussein, would expand upon one of the stories included in this collection and has been praised by Martin Booth of The Daily Telegraph as being ‘…as fresh today as when it was written.…so rich in detail, it is breathtaking.’ As with Caesar and Hussein, Beasts Royal sheds fascinating light on the formation of the literary genius behind the Aubrey-Maturin series of historical adventure tales, for which he is deservedly famous.
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Beasts Royal is the second book written by Patrick O’Brian – made available, at last, for the first time since the 1930s and elegantly repackaged.On the indigo waters of the South Sea, the crew of a schooner are attacked by a man-eating tiger-shark. In the humid depths of the African jungle, a thirty-foot python plots to rid himself of his rival, a wily old crocodile. Amid the heat and dust of the Punjab, the snake-charmer Hussein escapes into the forest on the elephant that he trained when a mahout in his youth.With the dry wit and unsentimental precision O’Brian would come to be loved for, we see the drama and tragedies of the natural world unfold for these, as well as other birds and beasts, in these twelve tales of animal adventure that would appear together in 1934 as the author’s second book.O’Brian’s debut, Caesar, had been published in 1930 and became an instant success, seeing him hailed as the ‘boy-Thoreau’. His second novel, Hussein, would expand upon one of the stories included in this collection and has been praised by Martin Booth of The Daily Telegraph as being ‘…as fresh today as when it was written.…so rich in detail, it is breathtaking.’ As with Caesar and Hussein, Beasts Royal sheds fascinating light on the formation of the literary genius behind the Aubrey-Maturin series of historical adventure tales, for which he is deservedly famous.
Produktdetaljer
Sprog: Engelsk
Sider: 128
ISBN-13: 9780008112967
Indbinding: Paperback
Udgave:
ISBN-10: 0008112967
Udg. Dato: 19 okt 2017
Længde: 10mm
Bredde: 141mm
Højde: 202mm
Forlag: HarperCollins Publishers
Oplagsdato: 19 okt 2017
Forfatter(e): Patrick O’Brian
Forfatter(e) Patrick O’Brian


Kategori Mellemkrigstiden, 1919 til 1939


ISBN-13 9780008112967


Sprog Engelsk


Indbinding Paperback


Sider 128


Udgave


Længde 10mm


Bredde 141mm


Højde 202mm


Udg. Dato 19 okt 2017


Oplagsdato 19 okt 2017


Forlag HarperCollins Publishers

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