Magellan (Paperback, None)

The life of the great Portuguese explorer who dared to sail beyond the horizon The Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan (1480-1521) is one of the most famous navigators in history-he was the first man to sail from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean, and led the first voyage to circumnavigate the globe, although he was killed en route in a battle with natives in the Phillipines. In this biography, Zweig brings to life the Age of Discovery by telling the tale of one of the era's most daring adventurers. In typically flowing and elegant prose he takes us on a fascinating journey of discovery ourselves. Stefan Zweig (1881-1942) was born in Vienna, into a wealthy Austrian-Jewish family. He studied in Berlin and Vienna and was first known as a poet and translator, then as a biographer. Zweig travelled widely, living in Salzburg between the wars, and was an international bestseller with a string of hugely popular novellas including Letter from an Unknown Woman, Amok and Fear. In 1934, with the rise of Nazism, he moved to London, where he wrote his only novel Beware of Pity. He later moved on to Bath, taking British citizenship after the outbreak of the Second World War. With the fall of France in 1940 Zweig left Britain for New York, before settling in Brazil, where in 1942 he and his wife were found dead in an apparent double suicide. Much of his work is available from Pushkin Press.

General

Imprint:	Pushkin Press
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	2010
First published:	2012
Authors:	Stefan Zweig (Author)
Translators:	Cedar Paul (Translator) • Eden Paul (Translator)
Dimensions:	198 x 129 x 28mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	352
Edition:	None
ISBN-13:	978-1-906548-49-0
Languages:	English
Subtitles:	German
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Biography & autobiography > Historical, political & military Books > Earth & environment > Geography > Geographical discovery & exploration Books > Biography > Historical, political & military
LSN:	1-906548-49-8
Barcode:	9781906548490

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