Monsieur Synthesis Tapa blanda - 2013

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. 21 volumes, uniform contemporary quarter blue calf, marbled boards and end-papers, occasional little scuff but in excellent condition, they appear to be bound from parts and have been little read since binding. *LOUIS HENRI BOUSSENARD [4 October 1847, Escrennes, Loiret – 11 September 1910, Orléans] was a French author of adventure novels, dubbed "the French Rider Haggard" during his lifetime, but better known today in Eastern Europe than in Francophone countries. As a measure of his popularity, 40 volumes of his collected works were published in Imperial Russia in 1911. A physician by profession, Boussenard travelled throughout the French colonies, especially in Africa. He was drafted during the Franco-Prussian War but soon capitulated to the Prussian soldiers, a bitter experience that could explain a nationalist flavour present in many of his novels. Some of his books demonstrate a certain prejudice against Britain and America, a fact which likely contributed to his obscurity and lack of… Leer más