Roger Vercel (1894–1957)
Forfatter af Captain Conan
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Værker af Roger Vercel
Le Maître du rêve (French Edition) 5 eksemplarer
Visages de corsaires : René Duguay-Trouin, Robert Surcouf, Claude Forbin, Jean Bart (1996) 4 eksemplarer
Saint-Malo et l'âme malouine: Nouvelle édition 2 eksemplarer
Det Lukkede Land 2 eksemplarer
Sous le pied de l'archange 2 eksemplarer
La clandestine 2 eksemplarer
À l'assault des pôles 2 eksemplarer
Ride out the storm; 1 eksemplar
The Easter Fleet 1 eksemplar
El recuerdo de Luc La Hourie 1 eksemplar
Remolques 1 eksemplar
Francis Garnier à l'assaut des fleuves 1 eksemplar
Goar et l'ombre 1 eksemplar
Été indien 1 eksemplar
Zona prohibida 1 eksemplar
Le roman d'Agrippine 1 eksemplar
Francis Garnier à l'assaut des fleuves 1 eksemplar
Madman's memory 1 eksemplar
Pecheurs Des Quatre Mers - [Illustrations De Albert Bennet, Marin-Marie, Mathurin Meheut] (1957) 1 eksemplar
L'île des revenants 1 eksemplar
La caravane de pâques 1 eksemplar
La Hourie 1 eksemplar
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- Juridisk navn
- Cretin, Roger
- Fødselsdato
- 1894
- Dødsdag
- 1957-02-26
- Køn
- male
- Nationalitet
- France
- Fødested
- Le Mans, Sarthe, France
- Dødssted
- Dinan, France
- Bopæl
- Le Mans, France (birthplace)
- Erhverv
- novelist
professor - Organisationer
- French Army (WWI)
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- 48
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- 191
- Popularitet
- #114,255
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- 4.0
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- 3
- ISBN
- 25
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- 3
Norbert's unit is deployed to a position on the Dnestr River, defending against the Russian Red Army, their former Allies, who are now determined to lay claim to Ukrainian territory. (An especially ironic turn of events, given today's real world events more than a hundred years later.) Conan, his men, the deserter and other prisoners are being held in a nearby makeshift prison. A climactic battle between the French and Russians in and around the river reveals further nuances in the meanings of loyalty and brotherhood.
The book's final chapter acts as an epilogue, with its encounter between Norbert and a much-changed Conan several years later. It nearly broke my heart.
The novel succeeds on many levels: for its multidimensional characters, its historical value, and, probably more than anything, as an anti-war statement about how some battle heroes, returned to civilian life, can no longer fit in, and may even become social pariahs. CAPTAIN CONAN deserves a place among war lit classics. Very very highly recommended.
- Tim Bazzett, author of the Cold War memoir, SOLDIER BOY: AT PLAY IN THE ASA… (mere)