Basil Davenport - Great Escapes / angleško

Great Escapes
by Basil Davenport (Author)

An omnium gatherum of evasion, in which the love of life and love of liberty I have given impetus to some famous- and occasionally- infamous- incidents. Excerpted from historical and biographical records, and often from the memoirs of the performers themselves, these feats and flights include Mohammed's Hegira; Cellini's escape from the castle prison of St. Angelo; Mary Queen of Scots from Loch Leven; the Newgate prison break of Jack Sheppard in England and Harvey Logan's in Knoxville, Tennessee; the activities of a dubious character- Trenck who tunnelled out of Magdeburg, and Casanova who worked his way out of the top of the Doges Palace known as the Leads; Marie Antoinette's release from the Tuileries and Napoleon's return from Elba; the fascinating curiosity of James Bartley's emergence from the belly of a whale; de Valera's escape from a British jail, Giraud's from Konigstein, and Churchill's from Pretoria; these and others make up authentic annals of courage which is coupled with resourcefulness. A book for older boys and girls as well as the adventure-minded adult.

KNJIGA JE V ANGLEŠKEM JEZIKU, LEPO OHRANJENA,
POGLEJTE ŠE OSTALE MOJE KNJIGE, ČE VZAMETE VSAJ TRI IN PLAČATE NA TRR JE POŠTNINA
B R E Z P L A Č N A

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Naslov Great escapes / selected and edited by Basil Davenport
Vrsta gradiva knjiga ; leposlovje za odrasle
Jezik angleški
Leto 1955
Izdaja 3rd printing
Založništvo in izdelava New York : Pocket Books, 1955
Fizični opis XIII, 406 str. ; 17 cm
Drugi avtorji – oseba Davenport, Basil
Zbirka Pocket Books. ǂA ǂCardinal Edition
Predmetne oznake Jetniki -- Ujetniki -- Pobegi -- Spomini
UDK 821.111-94
343.81
343.818
COBISS.SI-ID 3741749