E. V. Thompson (1931–2012)
Auteur de Chase the Wind
A propos de l'auteur
E. V. Thompson was born on July 14 1931. He left the Burford Grammar School in Oxfordshire at the age of 16 to join the Royal Navy, where he remained until 1956, serving in Hong Kong, Japan and Korea. Before becoming a full-time writer, he worked for the Bristol constabulary, was an investigator afficher plus with BOAC, was chief security officer for the department of civil aviation in Rhodesia, and worked at Devonport Naval Dockyard. His first book, Chase the Wind, was published in 1977. He wrote about 40 historical novels during his lifetime including Harvest of the Sun, The Dream Traders, Cry Once Alone, Blue Dress Girl, Somewhere a Bird Is Singing, Winds of Fortune, Beyond the Storm, and The Bonds of Earth. He was appointed a Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2012 New Year's Honours list. He died on July 19, 2012 at the age of 81. (Bowker Author Biography) afficher moins
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Séries
Œuvres de E. V. Thompson
Chase the Wind (abridged) 1 exemplaire
Singing Spheres 1 exemplaire
Oeuvres associées
Reader's Digest Condensed Books: Excellency • Chase the Wind • The Badgers of Summercombe • Overboard (1977) 7 exemplaires
Cornwall in the age of the industrial revolution (1953) — Avant-propos, quelques éditions — 5 exemplaires
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Partage des connaissances
- Nom légal
- Thompson, Ernest Victor
- Date de naissance
- 1931-07-14
- Date de décès
- 2012-07-19
- Sexe
- male
- Nationalité
- UK
- Lieu de naissance
- London, England, UK
- Lieu du décès
- Launceston, Cornwall, England, UK
- Prix et distinctions
- Member of the Order of the British Empire
Membres
Critiques
The Stricken Land: Number 5 in series (Retallick Saga) par E. V. Thompson
j'ai moins aimé les n° 4 et 5 dans lesquels les populations locales (noirs africains autochtones) ne sont pas bien traitées. Un bon point pour les mentions des horreurs des camps de concentration.
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Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 53
- Aussi par
- 4
- Membres
- 873
- Popularité
- #29,326
- Évaluation
- 3.9
- Critiques
- 18
- ISBN
- 306
- Langues
- 6
- Favoris
- 2