Alfred John Evans (1889–1960)
Auteur de The Escaping Club
A propos de l'auteur
Œuvres de Alfred John Evans
The Penguin Herodotus 1 exemplaire
Why not prosperity? 1 exemplaire
Étiqueté
Partage des connaissances
- Nom légal
- Evans, Alfred John
- Date de naissance
- 1889-05-01
- Date de décès
- 1960-09-18
- Études
- Winchester, Oxford University
- Prix et distinctions
- Military Cross and Bar
Membres
Critiques
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Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 6
- Membres
- 42
- Popularité
- #357,757
- Évaluation
- 3.4
- Critiques
- 1
- ISBN
- 10
My favorite part is the 10 days in which Evans and friend clandestinely made their way south across Germany to the border with Switzerland. This is his best writing as he describes the beautiful but dangerous German countryside. Sleeping during the day in forests and traveling by night they skirt villages and avoid encounters with people while supplies of food dwindle.
Unfortunately Evans ruined his chance at immortality by espousing some racist views towards the end of the book while being held prisoner by the Turks in Syria. Perhaps someone will eventually rescue it for the modern reader by retelling it from a new perspective, there's a good story here though uneven.… (plus d'informations)