The Secret Agent - With an Introduction by Giles Foden

Name: The Secret Agent
Price: 5.49 EUR
Author: Joseph Conrad
ISBN: 9781409001591

Edition en anglais

Joseph Conrad, Giles Foden

Vintage Digital
Paru le : 15/12/2010

'Spookily topical' Guardian Read the world's first political thriller. London is under threat. It has become a haven for political exiles and anarchists.... > Lire la suite

5,49 €

E-book - ePub

Vérifier la compatibilité avec vos supports

'Spookily topical' Guardian Read the world's first political thriller. London is under threat. It has become a haven for political exiles and anarchists. Frequent bomb threats and disturbances interrupt the lives of the city's inhabitants, who live in fear of the terrorists in their midst. One such terrorist is Verloc. He is the secret agent who is given the mission to strike right at the heart of London's pride by blowing up Greenwich Observatory.
But his decision to drag his innocent family into the plot leads to tragic consequences on a more personal than political level. WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY GILES FODEN

Fiche technique

Résumé
Fiche technique
Auteurs

Date de parution : 15/12/2010
Editeur : Vintage Digital
ISBN : 978-1-4090-0159-1
EAN : 9781409001591
Format : ePub

Caractéristiques du format ePub
- Protection num. : Contenu protégé

À propos des auteurs

Résumé
Fiche technique
Auteurs

Józef Teodor Konrad Nalecz Korzeniowski was born in the Ukraine on 3 December 1857. His parents were Polish and had both died in exile by the time Conrad was eleven. His uncle then became his guardian and looked after him in Krakow until he was sixteen when he went to sea and sailed on French and British ships. He was made British citizen in 1886 and changed his name to Joseph Conrad. In 1889 Conrad visited the Congo and his experiences there inspired Heart of Darkness.
In 1894 he published his first novel, Almayer's Folly and went on to write nineteen more as well as many short stories, essays and a memoir. In 1896 he married Jessie George and they later had two sons. Conrad died on 3 August 1924.