Going to extremes : the adventurous life of Harry de Windt / / Stephen Wade
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| Autore: |
Wade Stephen
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| Titolo: |
Going to extremes : the adventurous life of Harry de Windt / / Stephen Wade
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| Pubblicazione: | Barnsley, [England] : , : Pen & Sword Discovery, , 2016 |
| ©2016 | |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (175 pages, 29 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations |
| Disciplina: | 910.92 |
| Soggetto topico: | Explorers - Great Britain |
| Soggetto geografico: | Great Britain |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | Harry de Windt (1856-1933) was a man who, by any standards, was a personality, a marked presence in the world of Victorian and Edwardian literature and social life. He was a member of the literary circle around Oscar Wilde and his friend and lover, Bosie (Lord Alfred Douglas); he was active in the world of the turf; and he travelled - he took on dangerous journeys with relish, crossing vast tracts of the British and Russian empires for the sheer thrill of it. This book traces his life and adventures, at home and abroad, and also gives an account of his early work on military service in Sarawak, Malaysia, his expert knowledge of the Russian prison system, and his later Great War role running a POW camp. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Going to extremes |
| ISBN: | 1-4738-6357-0 |
| 1-4738-6356-2 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910155081603321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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