Axel Munthe

Broschiertes Buch

The Story of San Michele

Beschreibung

The extraordinary and enduring memoir of Axel Munthe, a travel bestseller since first published in 1929, captures the spirit and feel of an era

Autor

Born in Sweden in 1857, Axel Munthe trained to be a doctor in Paris at a precociously early age, establishing a fashionable practice (Maupassant and Strindberg were his patients) and quickly gaining an international reputation. He became the friend of royalty; Tsar Nicholas asked him to look after his son - Rasputin was their second choice.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Hodder & Stoughton / John Murray
• Repr.
• Seitenzahl: 368
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. November 2004
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 198mm x 129mm x 27mm
• Gewicht: 296g
• ISBN-13: 9780719566998
• ISBN-10: 0719566991
• Artikelnr.: 22394057

Rezensionen

One of the most fascinating of books, wise in its appraisal of men, overflowing with humour and edged with irony, sharper than a surgeon's knife. There are chapters which are veritable de Maupassant plots in their concise and dramatic realism. New York Herald Tribune