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John Masters

    26. október 1914 – 7. máj 1983

    Masters sa preslávil ako autor, ktorý svoje vojenské zážitky premenil na pútavé rozprávanie. Jeho próza čerpá z rozsiahlej služby v Indickej armáde a z bojov druhej svetovej vojny, kde sa vyznačoval neochvejnou disciplínou a hlbokým porozumením pre realitu konfliktu. Vo svojich dielach Masters majstrovsky skúma témy odvahy, straty a ľudskej húževnatosti tvárou v tvár nepriazni osudu. Jeho štýl, vyznačujúci sa drsnou úprimnosťou a prenikavými postrehmi, oslovuje čitateľov hľadajúcich autentické a dojímavé príbehy.

    Bhowani Junction
    The Ravi Lancers
    The Shadow Dragon
    The Lotus and the Wind
    Nightrunners of Bengal
    Far, Far the Mountain Peak
    • Nightrunners of Bengal

      • 361 stránok
      • 13 hodin čítania

      A fictional account of the events which led up to the Indian Mutiny, with descriptions of the fighting and its aftermath.

      Nightrunners of Bengal
      5,0
    • The Shadow Dragon

      • 183 stránok
      • 7 hodin čítania

      Enter the world of the Dragon Knights!Evil General Vayn gained power twelve years ago on the Islands of Alariss, defeating the Dragon Knights, an elite force with the ability to transform into dragons, using dark magic to bind them in their human forms.

      The Shadow Dragon
      4,3
    • Part Two Of Two PartsBY THE GREEN OF SPRING is the third and final volume in John Masters' trilogy Loss of Eden.The trilogy, starting with NOW GOD BE THANKED, depicts the impact of WW I on British life. HEART OF WAR carries the saga into the conflict's desperate middle years. BY THE GREEN OF SPRING brings the war to its close and casts the survivors (half the war-time generation was killed) on the barren shores of peace."An impressive, large-scale work. Masters never shifts his focus from the human element...his storytelling gifts, convincing characterization and skilled organizaton have never been more tellingly displayed." (John Barkham Reviews)

      By the Green of the Spring
      3,8
    • The memoirs of Field-Marshal Sir John Durham provoke a profound crisis within his family and the British government as the layers of secrecy and lies are peeled away from his decades long Army career and personal life.

      The Field-Marshal's Memoirs
      1,0
    • Fourteen Eighteen

      • 177 stránok
      • 7 hodin čítania

      Slightly scuffed paperback with lightly worn spine ends and leading corners. Page block has minor marks. Pages are clean and binding is sound throughout. Illustrated by documentary photographs. T

      Fourteen Eighteen
      3,4