A. J. Cronin

Shannon's Way

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Robert Shannon was a devoted scientist on the brink of a medical discovery of great importance. He had no time or inclination for women . . . or for any of the world outside his laboratory. But Jean Law had other plans for him. Strictly brought up by narrow-minded parents, confined by her hospital lectures and her dingy boarding-house, she hardly knew the fires that burned beneath her calm exterior . . . except that they burned for Robert Shannon. She knew she had to have him for herself, and, despite her family's religious beliefs , their shocked disapproval, and all she had been taught was her destiny, she was determined to fight for him. I… Mehr

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Produktdetails

ISBN: 978-1-4472-4398-4
EAN: 9781447243984
Produktnummer: 18633891
Verlag: Pan macmillan Ltd.
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2013
Seitenangabe: 282 S.
Ausstattung: Trade Paperback
Masse: H23.3 cm x B15.6 cm x D1.5 cm 445 g
Gewicht: 445
Sonstiges: Ab 18 J.

Über den Autor

Born in Cardross, Scotland, A J Cronin studied at the University of Glasgow. In 1916 he served as a surgeon sub-lieutenant in the Royal Navy Volunteers Reserve, and at the war's end he completed his medical studies and practiced in South Wales. He was later appointed to the Ministry of Mines, studying the medical problems of the mining industry. He later moved to London and built up a successful practice in the West End. In 1931 he published his first book, Hatter's Castle, which was compared with the work of Dickens, Hardy and Balzac, winning him critical acclaim. Other books by A J Cronin include: Dr Finlay's Casebook, The Stars Look Down, The Citadel, Three Loves, The Green Years, Beyond This Place, and The Keys of the Kingdom