Status
Available
Publication
New York : Arcade Pub., c1989.
Description
Spannender Roman aus dem Befreiungskampf der Spanier gegen Napoleon im Jahre 1809.
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LibraryThing member jburlinson
A crisp, suave tale by a fictioneer who has yet to disappoint; though I haven't yet read everything. This book contains such disparate elements (adventure, the uncanny, comedy, history, even romance) combined in such an elegant manner that all is perfectly harmonized. As in The Master of the Day of
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Judgment, Perutz also offers a penetrating, nuanced analysis of the Teutonic ethic. Show Less