The Road to Samarcand
This story begins where Patrick O'Brian's devoted fans would want it to, with a sloop in the South China Sea barely surviving a killer typhoon. The time is the 1930s and the protagonist a teenaged American boy whose missionary parents have just died. In the company of his rough seafaring uncle and an elderly English cousin, an eminent archaeologist, Derrick sets off in search of ancient treasures in central Asia.Along the way they encounter a charismatic Chinese bandit and a host of bad characters, including Russian agents fomenting unrest. The narrative touches on surprising subjects: astronomy, oriental philosophy, the correct identificatio…
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- ISBN: 978-0-393-33316-9
- EAN: 9780393333169
- Produktnummer: 3882285
- Verlag: W W Norton & Co
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2008
- Seitenangabe: 269 S.
- Masse: H20.6 cm x B14.0 cm x D2.3 cm 204 g
- Gewicht: 204
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One of our greatest contemporary novelists, Patrick O'Brian is the author of the twenty volumes of the best-selling Aubrey/Maturin series, as well as many other books, including Testimonies, The Golden Ocean, The Unknown Shore, and biographies of Joseph Banks and Picasso.
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