Whirlwind

Zusatztext The author handles the plot with all the confident authority of a ring-master! keeping a half-dozen themes and a formidable cast of characters moving along at a cracking pace. By the end I was breathless and lost in admiration at the sheer professionalism of it all Informationen zum Autor James Clavell, the son of a Royal Navy family, was educated in Portsmouth before, as a young artillery officer, he was captured by the Japanese at the Fall of Singapore. It was on this experience that his bestselling novel KING RAT was based. He maintained this oriental interest in his other great works: TAI-PAN, SHOGUN, NOBLE HOUSE and GAI JIN. Clavell died in 1994. Klappentext James Clavell's classic portrayal of the Iranian revolution at its height in fresh new packaging to appeal to a new generation.James Clavell's classic portrayal of the Iranian revolution at its height in fresh new packaging to appeal to a new generation. Zusammenfassung James Clavell's classic portrayal of the Iranian revolution at its height in fresh new packaging to appeal to a new generation.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: James Clavell
• Verlag: Hodder & Stoughton
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 02.12.1999
• EAN: 9780340766187
• ISBN: 978-0-340-76618-7
• Seiten: 1248
• Abmessung: 132 mm x 197 mm x 56 mm
• Serien: Coronet Paperbacks; Asian Saga; Coronet Paperbacks; Asian Saga
• Themen: Belletristik > Erzählende Literatur; Adventure, Sagas, FICTION / Historical / General, Historical fiction, Historical adventure, Historical adventure fiction, Ancient Sagas and epics, Historical states and empires: Asia