The Leopard and the Cliff

Informationen zum Autor Wallace Breem (1925-1990) was a librarian and novelist. As a librarian he worked at the Inner Temple in London becoming its Librarian in 1965. As a novelist he wrote three historical works, Eagle in the Snow , The Legate's Daughter and The Leopard and the Cliff , the last being reissued in Faber Finds. The first novel attracted praise especially from Mary Renault and Rosemary Sutcliff but it has been said of The Leopard and the Cliff that it contains some of his most compelling writing Klappentext Offering an account of the tribal situation on the Frontier! this title presents several points of vital importance to an understanding of British India and the Frontier in particular. Vorwort The classic military adventure: a gripping tale of honour, duty, and sacrifice during the Afghan war of 1919 in British India. Zusammenfassung The classic military adventure: a gripping tale of honour, duty, and sacrifice during the Afghan war of 1919 in British India. 'A writer who never disappoints one.

Product details

• Authors: Wallace Breem, Breem Wallace
• Assisted by: Wallac Breem (Editor), Wallace Breem (Editor)
• Publisher: Faber & Faber
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 20.05.2010
• EAN: 9780571269969
• ISBN: 978-0-571-26996-9
• No. of pages: 286
• Dimensions: 135 mm x 216 mm x 21 mm
• Subjects: Children's and young people's books; Fiction > Narrative literature > Main work before 1945; YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Historical / General, Historical fiction (Children's / Teenage), Children’s / Teenage fiction: Historical fiction