Post by account_disabled on Dec 24, 2023 10:10:06 GMT 5.5
Five books to present, this time, taken according to the inspiration, the curiosity that inspired me, according to the topic they dealt with. The authors are all foreigners, except one, even if you wouldn't think so from his name. The proposed genres are adventure, mystery and finally a Chinese novel that tells us about history and a world that no longer exists. The Indian Adventurers by Mark Keating The adventurers of the IndiesA childhood spent in the company of mice, in a small Irish village where he learned to swear before praying. A father who sells him, at just eight years old, in exchange for four guineas. Even as a child, Patrick Devlin understood that a man's life can be worth very little. Now that he has grown up, however, he has no intention of selling off his own.
After years spent between Ireland, France and England, accumulating trouble with the law and never having anything to lose, Devlin embarks on Commander John Coxon's Noble and, not Special Data long after, finds himself faced with the boarding of a pirate ship along the coasts of Northern Africa. As the Noble sinks, Devlin is taken prisoner by the pirates on their ship. It is there that he decides to accept their terms of employment while waiting for the right opportunity to escape. And the right opportunity arrives soon, but it is not to escape, but to stay: in a vain attempt to save himself from certain death, a French prisoner confesses to Devlin that he possesses the map of a fabulous treasure. A secret that the new pirate jealously keeps together with the map, until he manages to convince his new companions to try their luck with him.
Thus, while the great European powers of the 18th century fought their wars for control of the seas and routes, Patrick Devlin became the most cunning and most feared man of the golden age of piracy. The Indian Adventurers by Mark Keating Longanesi 372 pages April 28, 2011 The talisman of the Villette by Claude Izner The Villette talismanParis, February 1894. It is the coldest winter of the century and the city is buried under a thick blanket of snow. Even in the Elzévir bookshop, at number 18 rue des Saints-Pères, the atmosphere is glacial. Not because of the climate, but because of the unexpected arrival of Maurice Laumier, painter, womanizer and former love rival of Victor Legris. This time, however, Maurice has come to ask for help: three weeks earlier, a dear friend of his has vanished into thin air and now he fears the worst.
After years spent between Ireland, France and England, accumulating trouble with the law and never having anything to lose, Devlin embarks on Commander John Coxon's Noble and, not Special Data long after, finds himself faced with the boarding of a pirate ship along the coasts of Northern Africa. As the Noble sinks, Devlin is taken prisoner by the pirates on their ship. It is there that he decides to accept their terms of employment while waiting for the right opportunity to escape. And the right opportunity arrives soon, but it is not to escape, but to stay: in a vain attempt to save himself from certain death, a French prisoner confesses to Devlin that he possesses the map of a fabulous treasure. A secret that the new pirate jealously keeps together with the map, until he manages to convince his new companions to try their luck with him.
Thus, while the great European powers of the 18th century fought their wars for control of the seas and routes, Patrick Devlin became the most cunning and most feared man of the golden age of piracy. The Indian Adventurers by Mark Keating Longanesi 372 pages April 28, 2011 The talisman of the Villette by Claude Izner The Villette talismanParis, February 1894. It is the coldest winter of the century and the city is buried under a thick blanket of snow. Even in the Elzévir bookshop, at number 18 rue des Saints-Pères, the atmosphere is glacial. Not because of the climate, but because of the unexpected arrival of Maurice Laumier, painter, womanizer and former love rival of Victor Legris. This time, however, Maurice has come to ask for help: three weeks earlier, a dear friend of his has vanished into thin air and now he fears the worst.