The Romantic: the real life of Cashel Greville Ross : a novel - Softcover

Boyd, William

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ISBN 10: 0241542030 ISBN 13: 9780241542033

Verlag: Viking, 2022

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Set in the 19th century, the novel follows the roller-coaster fortunes of a man as he tries to negotiate the random stages, adventures and vicissitudes of his life. He is variously a soldier, a farmer, a pawnbroker, a jailbird, a writer, a gigolo - and many other manifestations - and finally, a minor diplomat, based in Trieste (then in Austria-Hungary) where he sees out the end of his days.

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William Boyd was born in 1952 in Accra, Ghana, and grew up there and in Nigeria. He is the author of sixteen highly acclaimed, bestselling novels and five collections of stories. He is married and divides his time between London and south-west France. His most recent novel, Trio, was a Sunday Times bestseller.

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Set in the 19th century, the novel follows the roller-coaster fortunes of a man as he tries to negotiate the random stages, adventures and vicissitudes of his life. He is variously a soldier, a lover, a husband, a father, a friend of famous poets, a writer, a bankrupt, a jailbird, a farmer, an African explorer - and many other manifestations - before, finally, he becomes a minor diplomat, a consul based in Trieste (then in Austria-Hungary) where he thinks he will see out the end of his days in well-deserve

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Viking
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2022
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0241542030
• ISBN 13: 9780241542033
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Auflage: 1
• Anzahl der Seiten: 464
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Nicht verfügbar
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