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The Sea Has No End
eBook - The Life of Louis-Antoine de Bougainville
ISBN/EAN: 9781554880256
Umbreit-Nr.: 2291592
Sprache:
Englisch
Umfang: 224 S.
Format in cm:
Einband:
Keine Angabe
Erschienen am 01.09.2004
Auflage: 1/2004
E-Book
Format: EPUB
DRM: Adobe DRM
- Zusatztext
- <p><i> Short-listedfor the 2005 Ottawa Book Award for Non-fiction</i><br><br> Soldier, sailor, adventurer, and philosopher, Louis-Antoine de Bougainville was a talented French officer whose remarkable career took him from the boudoirs of Paris to the flintlock battlefields of North America and on to the luch islands of the South Pacific. In this lively biography, author Victor Suthren follows Bougainvilles career in North America during the Seven Years War and the American Revolution and his adventures in the South Seas. Written with a historians eye for detail,<i>The Sea Has No End</i> is a fascinating portrait of the most stirring and dramatic events of the eighteenth century.</p>
- Kurztext
- <p>Soldier, sailor, adventurer, and philosopher, Louis-Antoine de Bougainville was a French officer whose remarkable career took him from the boudoirs of Paris to the flintlock battlefields of North America and on to the lush islands of the South Pacific. A riveting portrait of the most dramatic events of the eighteenth century.</p>
- Autorenportrait
- <p>Victor Suthren is a writer and historian with a special interest in the history of colonial seafaring and exploration. The former director general of the Canadian War Museum, Ottawa, he sails frequently in traditional ships and small boats, retracing epic voyages of the flintlock era. He lives with his wife in Ottawa.</p>