Anthony Hope

The Chronicles of Count Antonio (Barnes & Noble Digital Library) (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This 1897 novel is framed as a collection of tales told by Ambrose, the Fransiscan, a medieval monk. The titular Count Antonio is a nobleman forced into outlawry when his love for the ward of Duke Valentine is spurned. The charm of the book lies in the simplicity and gravity of the narrator's manner, wrote the New York Times.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Barnes & Noble
• Seitenzahl: 360
• Altersempfehlung: ab 0 Jahre
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. November 2011
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781411459144
• Artikelnr.: 50390055

Autorenporträt

Sir Anthony Hope Hawkins (1863-1933), who published under the name Anthony Hope, was a prolific English novelist and playwright. His best-known works are the swashbuckling adventures Prisoner of Zenda (1894) and its sequel, Rupert of Hentzau (1898). Knighted in 1918 for his wartime service with the Ministry of Information, his autobiography Memories and Notes appeared in 1927.