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Gerontius
James Hamilton-Paterson
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Description for Gerontius
Paperback. Nearing the end of his career, an impulsive Sir Edward Elgar decides to travel by ship to Brazil, where he encounters a woman from his past. Based on true events, this book takes the great composer out of his depths in this beautiful, episodic, mysterious novel set in 1923. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 126. .
Nearing the end of his career, an impulsive Sir Edward Elgar decides to travel by ship to Brazil, where he encounters a woman from his past. Based on true events, Gerontius is a modern classic, and takes the great composer out of his depths in this beautiful, episodic, mysterious novel set in 1923.
Nearing the end of his career, an impulsive Sir Edward Elgar decides to travel by ship to Brazil, where he encounters a woman from his past. Based on true events, Gerontius is a modern classic, and takes the great composer out of his depths in this beautiful, episodic, mysterious novel set in 1923.
Product Details
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
Number of Pages
400
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780571314010
SKU
V9780571314010
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 4 to 8 working days
Ref
99-1
About James Hamilton-Paterson
James Hamilton-Paterson is the author of the bestselling Empire of the Clouds, which was hailed as a classic account of the golden age of British aviation. He won a Whitbread Prize for his first novel, Gerontius, and among his many other celebrated books are Seven-Tenths, one of the finest books written in recent times about the oceans, the satirical trilogy ... Read more
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