купер джеймс фенимор the pilot a tale of the sea лоцман или морская история на англ яз
Купер Джеймс Фенимор The Pilot: A Tale of the Sea = Лоцман, или Морская история: на английском языке
In 1823, Cooper began writing The Pilot, which he saw as a sea novel that seamen would appreciate for its fidelity and yet one that landsmen could understand. The hero of The Pilot: A Tale of the Sea - modeled on John Paul Jones - leads the American Navy in dangerous raids on the English coast. James Fenimore Cooper's fourth novelhelped start the genre of sea novels.
1235 Р.
Cooper J. The Pilot: A Tale of the Sea = Лоцман, или Морская история: на англ.яз
In 1823, Cooper began writing The Pilot, which he saw as a sea novel that seamen would appreciate for its fidelity and yet one that landsmen could understand. The hero of The Pilot: A Tale of the Sea - modeled on John Paul Jones - leads the American Navy in dangerous raids on the English coast. James Fenimore Cooper's fourth novelhelped start the genre of sea novels.
1235 Р.
Cooper J. The Pilot: A Tale of the Sea = Лоцман, или Морская история: на англ.яз
James Fenimore Cooper was a prolific and popular American writer of the first half of the 19th century. His historical romances of frontier and Indian life in the early American days created a unique form of American literature. The Pilot: A Tale of the Sea is a historical novel, first published in January 1824. Its subject is the life of a naval pilot during the American Revolution. The main character of the story leads the American Navy in dangerous raids on the English coast.
1545 Р.
Cooper J. The Pilot: A Tale of the Sea = Лоцман, или Морская история: на англ.яз
In 1823, Cooper began writing The Pilot, which he saw as a sea novel that seamen would appreciate for its fidelity and yet one that landsmen could understand. The hero of The Pilot: A Tale of the Sea - modeled on John Paul Jones - leads the American Navy in dangerous raids on the English coast. James Fenimore Cooper's fourth novelhelped start the genre of sea novels.
1235 Р.
Cooper J. The Pilot: A Tale of the Sea = Лоцман, или Морская история: на англ.яз
James Fenimore Cooper was a prolific and popular American writer of the first half of the 19th century. His historical romances of frontier and Indian life in the early American days created a unique form of American literature. The Pilot: A Tale of the Sea is a historical novel, first published in January 1824. Its subject is the life of a naval pilot during the American Revolution. The main character of the story leads the American Navy in dangerous raids on the English coast.
1545 Р.
Cooper James Fenimore The Pilot. A Tale of the Sea
In 1823, Cooper began writing The Pilot, which he saw as a sea novel that seamen would appreciate for its fidelity and yet one that landsmen could understand. The hero of The Pilot: A Tale of the Sea - modeled on John Paul Jones - leads the American Navy in dangerous raids on the English coast. James Fenimore Cooper's fourth novelhelped start the genre of sea novels.
1285 Р.
The Pilot. A Tale of the Sea
In 1823, Cooper began writing The Pilot, which he saw as a sea novel that seamen would appreciate for its fidelity and yet one that landsmen could understand. The hero of The Pilot: A Tale of the Sea - modeled on John Paul Jones - leads the American Navy in dangerous raids on the English coast. James Fenimore Cooper's fourth novelhelped start the genre of sea novels.
199 Р.
Cooper James Fenimore The Pilot: A Tale of the Sea
James Fenimore Cooper was a prolific and popular American writer of the first half of the 19th century. His historical romances of frontier and Indian life in the early American days created a unique form of American literature. The Pilot: A Tale of the Sea is a historical novel, first published in January 1824. Its subject is the life of a naval pilot during the American Revolution. The main character of the story leads the American Navy in dangerous raids on the English coast.
2312 Р.
The Pilot: A Tale of the Sea
James Fenimore Cooper was a prolific and popular American writer of the first half of the 19th century. His historical romances of frontier and Indian life in the early American days created a unique form of American literature. The Pilot: A Tale of the Sea is a historical novel, first published in January 1824. Its subject is the life of a naval pilot during the American Revolution. The main character of the story leads the American Navy in dangerous raids on the English coast.
199 Р.
Causley Charles The Mermaid of Zennor
An exquisitely written and illustrated traditional cornish folk tale that captures all the myth and magic of mermaids On the rugged Cornish coast, where the land meets the sea, lies the village of Zennor. Here, there are stories and whispers of a villager capturing the heart of a mysterious and beautiful stranger - a stranger from the sea - a mermaid! From a landscape rich with myth and magic comes this traditional folk tale, retold by master poet Charles Causley and illustrated by award-winning artist Michael Foreman.
2133 Р.
Купер Джеймс Фенимор Лоцман
Восьмидесятые годы XVIII века, свободолюбивые Соединенные Штаты ведут войну с Британским королевством. В декабрьский предгрозовой день у пустынных скалистых берегов на северо-востоке Англии появились два странных корабля. Их цель – взять на борт кого-то из местных, якобы лоцмана. Но человек этот ведет себя очень странно, скрывая лицо в тени шляпы и поднятого воротника. «Можно ли ему доверять? — шепчутся между собой матросы. — Ведь не всегда лоцманы спасают корабли. Иногда они их губят». В очередной том мастера приключений Джеймса Фенимора Купера включен его знаменитый «Лоцман» — первый настоящий морской роман в истории литературы, легкий, стремительный и таинственный, полный опасностей, юмора и драматизма. Эта книга стала настоящим маяком, источником вдохновения для целой плеяды великих писателей — Марриета, Стивенсона, Мелвилла, Конрада, Эжена Сю и Дюма.
279 Р.
Купер Джеймс Фенимор Лоцман
Конец XVIII века. В разгар войны за независимость колоний Северной Америки от английского господства к берегам Англии подходят два подозрительных судна: фрегат и шхуна. На шхуне ждут лоцмана, которого в лицо знает только капитан. Команда с недоверием встречает нового члена экипажа. Но капитан шхуны, экипаж которой был на стороне воюющих колоний, решает отправить на берег экспедиционный отряд, чтобы взять в плен нескольких важных военных или политических деятелей Англии для последующего обмена пленными, и доверяет таинственному лоцману командование этой экспедицией… "Лоцман" - первый морской роман Фенимора Купера. Современники узнавали в таинственном лоцмане легендарного капитана Джона Поля Джонса, прославившегося своими победами по обе стороны Атлантики.
110 Р.
Купер Джеймс Фенимор The Crater, or, Vulcan’s Peak: A Tale of the Pacific = Кратер, или Пик вулкана. Т. 22: на англ.яз
James Fenimore Cooper was a prolific and popular American writer of the first half of the 19th century. His historical romances of frontier and Indian life in the early American days created a unique form of American literature. The Crater; or, Vulcan's Peak: a Tale of the Pacific is a novel in which Cooper incorporated knowledge of ship construction he had acquired while working as a midshipman. From merely surviving the loss of his shipmates and the embayment of his ship within The Reef, protagonist Mark Woolston goes on to thrive by his own industry. Following a regional volcanic upheaval which raises new land, he founds a similarly industrious and thriving colony after escaping from, then returning to, The Reef. The outnumbered colonists must defend their new homes and possessions against natives who covet the new land.
1631 Р.
Henning Sarah Sea Witch
The fairy tale you thought you knew… The story of the Sea Witch, the villainess from Hans Christian Anderson’s classic tale The Little Mermaid, told from the viewpoint of the Sea Witch when she was a twelve-year-old girl… Evie has been wracked with guilt ever since her best friend, Anna, drowned. So when a girl appears on shore with an uncanny resemblance to Anna, Evie befriends her in an effort to make amends. And as the two girls catch the eyes – and hearts – of two charming princes, Evie believes that she might finally have a chance at happy ever after. But is Evie’s new friend really who she says she is? A gripping story of friendship, betrayal and the power of hope…
1541 Р.
Steinbeck John The Pearl
Like his father and grandfather before him, Kino is a poor diver, gathering pearls from the gulf beds that once brought great wealth to the Kings of Spain and now provide Kino, Juana, and their infant son with meager subsistence. Then, on a day like any other, Kino emerges from the sea with a pearl as large as a sea gull's egg, as "perfect as the moon." With the pearl comes hope, the promise of comfort and of security.... A story of classic simplicity, based on a Mexican folk tale, The Pearl explores the secrets of man's nature, the darkest depths of evil, and the luminous possibilities of love.
1573 Р.
Haggard Henry Rider The Virgin of the Sun
The Virgin of the Sun is a novel by H. Rider Haggard set in South America. A tale that deals with the marvellous Incas of Peru; with the legend also that, long before the Spanish Conquerors entered on their mission of robbery and ruin, there in that undiscovered land lived and died a White God risen from the sea.
954 Р.