The Purple Land (eBook, ePUB) - Hudson, W. H.
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The Purple Land is a novel that sets in 19th-century Uruguay by William Henry Hudson, first published in 1885 under the title The Purple Land that England Lost. Initially a commercial and critical failure, it was reissued in 1904 with the full title The Purple Land, Being One Richard Lamb's Adventures in the Banda Orientál, in South America, as told by Himself. Towards the end of the novel, the narrator explains the title, "I will call my book The Purple Land. For what more suitable name can one find for a country so stained with the blood of her children?"

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Produktbeschreibung
The Purple Land is a novel that sets in 19th-century Uruguay by William Henry Hudson, first published in 1885 under the title The Purple Land that England Lost. Initially a commercial and critical failure, it was reissued in 1904 with the full title The Purple Land, Being One Richard Lamb's Adventures in the Banda Orientál, in South America, as told by Himself. Towards the end of the novel, the narrator explains the title, "I will call my book The Purple Land. For what more suitable name can one find for a country so stained with the blood of her children?"
Autorenporträt
William Henry Hudson (1841-1922) was a naturalist, ornithologist, and writer of He was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, to United States settlers of English and Irish descent and spent his youth in the countryside, where he developed a deep love and appreciation for nature. He moved to England in 1874 and became a prolific writer, producing over twenty books and countless articles on natural history, ornithology, and travel.