Offers a stirring portrait of James Holman, a nineteenth-century adventurer renowned for his solo journey around the world, despite a blindness brought on by a mysterious shipboard illness during the Napoleonic Wars.. NOTA: El libro no está en español, sino en inglés.
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"Through meticulous research.with intrigue and humor, Roberts brings Holman fully to life." -- Daily News
"Roberts is a beautifully assured writer." -- Seattle Times
"Extraordinary.beautifully produced.Roberts made his hero one for the history books." -- Buffalo News
"Painstakingly researched. Worth reading." -- Irish Times
"(a) talented and committed writer." -- Raleigh News & Observer
"Vibrant prose." -- Washington Post
"(A) meticulous recreation of Holman's world." -- Miami Herald
"Roberts's book is an excellent read.. An author with an enviable ability to tell the tale. -- The Spectator
"Roberts has achieved much. His research is meticulous and...a person lost to history is now rediscovered."--Denver Rocky Mountain News
"(A) meticulous recreation of Holman's world."--Miami Herald
Offers a stirring portrait of James Holman, a nineteenth-century adventurer renowned for his solo journey around the world, despite a blindness brought on by a mysterious shipboard illness during the Napoleonic Wars.. NOTA: El libro no está en español, sino en inglés.
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24.0 x 16.0cms 382pp very good+ hardback & dustwrapper Born in 1786 James Holman a blind Englishman became the most prolific traveler in history. He travelled alone he did not speak the local languages he travelled in native fashion he studied medicine he hunted rogue elephants and inspired Charles Darwin and Sir Richard Burton. Artikel-Nr. 30090491
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