Valiant Gentlemen A Novel【電子書籍】[ Sabina Murray ]

＜p＞＜strong＞A New York Times Notable Book from the PEN/Faulkner Award?winning author. "An imaginative exploration of the tragedy of lost friendship" ( ＜em＞Los Angeles Times＜/em＞).＜/strong＞＜/p＞ ＜p＞In prose that is darkly humorous and alive with detail, ＜em＞Valiant Gentlemen＜/em＞ reimagines the lives and intimate friendships of humanitarian and Irish patriot Roger Casement; his closest friend, Herbert Ward; and Ward's extraordinary wife, the Argentinian American heiress Sarita Sanford. ＜em＞Valiant Gentlemen＜/em＞ takes the reader on an intimate journey, from Ward and Casement's misadventurous youth in the Congoーwhere, among other things, they bore witness to an Irish whiskey heir's taste for cannibalismーto Ward's marriage to Sarita and their flourishing family life in France, to Casement's covert homosexuality and enduring nomadic lifestyle floating between his work across the African continent and involvement in Irish politics.＜/p＞ ＜p＞When World War I breaks out, Casement and Ward's longs．．．楽天市場のショップで商品詳細の続きを見る