The Surprising Adventures Of Baron Munchausen Rudolf Erich Raspe Everyman&Apos S Library Αγγλικά Βιβλία Fiction Modern

Baron Munchausen’s Absurd Adventures Have Entertained Adults And Children Alike For More Than Two Centuries First Published In England 1785 His Traveller’s Tales Soon Became As Well Known Those Of Near Contemporaries Gulliver Robinson Crusoe – But Are A Great Deal Funnier! The Real Münchhausen Was German Aristocrat Whose Colourful Military Career Sporting Experiences Provided Ample Material After-Dinner Stories Which He Notorious One Guests At Baron’s Table Rudolf Erich Raspe Librarian Scientist Writer Who Later Hard-Up London Turned Astonishing Life-Story To Good Account Raspe’s Fictional Adopts Same Tone Nonchalant Exaggeration Apparently Characteristic Original Tells How Wolf Inside Out Russia Rode On Turkish Cannon Ball Danced Hornpipe Stomach Large Fish Had Swallowed Him Alive Mended Horse Been Severed By Portcullis Lent Friend General Elliot Hand Siege Gibraltar Nipping Into Enemy Camp Destroying All Their Even Visited Moon Twice Preposterous Subject Earnest Deadpan Narrator’s Manner Though Many Artists Inspired Fantastic Escapades Gustave Doré’s Illustrations (1862) Far Best Σελίδες: 192 Διαστάσεις: 16X16Cm