Gun (e-bog) af Forester, C. S.
Forester, C. S. (forfatter)

Gun e-bog

82,58 DKK (inkl. moms 103,22 DKK)
A classic novel about the Peninsular War from the celebrated author of the HORNBLOWER seriesAbandoned by the retreating Spanish army during the Peninsular War, the gun is an eighteen pounder bronze cannon, thirteen feet long, weighing three tons. When a group of Spanish partisans come across it two years later they see in it a chance for victory against the French - but first they must haul it ...
E-bog 82,58 DKK
Forfattere Forester, C. S. (forfatter)
Udgivet 17 oktober 2013
Genrer Historical adventure fiction
Sprog English
Format epub
Beskyttelse LCP
ISBN 9781780226972
A classic novel about the Peninsular War from the celebrated author of the HORNBLOWER seriesAbandoned by the retreating Spanish army during the Peninsular War, the gun is an eighteen pounder bronze cannon, thirteen feet long, weighing three tons. When a group of Spanish partisans come across it two years later they see in it a chance for victory against the French - but first they must haul it across the mountains with nothing but a handful of donkeys and half-starved oxen. On its epic journey the cannon begins to gain almost mystical significance. For, with the gun, they are no longer a band of Spanish irregulars, they are an army able to take on the cream of Napoleon's troops...