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Books > Fiction > Genre fiction > War fiction
Se trata de una obra que recupera el espiritu de la novela clasica,
presentando al lector las experiencias vitales de un personaje
indomito, rebelde, critico con la sociedad donde se desenvuelve,
pero al mismo tiempo noble y honesto, siempre aspirando a una
justicia social que repetidamente se le niega. A traves de sus
largas misivas a un antiguo amigo, el protagonista, Jean laporte,
describe la epoca convulsa y el ambiente social que le han tocado
vivir, sus peripecias vitales en relacion a las personas
importantes de su vida y, muy especialmente, los pensamientos y
estados de animo que las acompanan.
The Rebel Yank gallops across the grand panorama of the American
Civil War with all the rousing excitement of a full-out cavalry
charge. It's June 1860, and young Paul Douglas finds his loyalties
sharply divided as his country splits in two. He and his
domineering father, his devoted sister, and his steadfast friends
are thrust into a whirlwind of conflicting allegiances and
divergent paths. Circumstances force Paul to make some hard
decisions. Should he marry the enticing daughter of an iron ore
magnate to bolster his family's fortunes, or should he declare his
secret lifelong love for the beautiful daughter of a Chippewa
healer? Should he stay North with his family and fiancee and fight
to keep the country united, or should he follow his conscience and
support the South's War for Independence? Paul's choices lead him
on a kaleidoscopic odyssey through battlefields and bedrooms as he
seeks his own separate peace in a nation torn apart by war.
A man is found dead in an escape tunnel in an Italian
prisoner-of-war camp. Did he die in an accidental collapse - or was
this murder? Captain Henry `Cuckoo' Goyles, master tunneller and
amateur detective, takes up the case. This classic locked-room
mystery with a closed circle of suspects is woven together with a
thrilling story of escape from the camp, as the Second World War
nears its endgame and the British prisoners prepare to flee into
the Italian countryside.
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West River
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Bill Bishop
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