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The Gun
C.S. Forester
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Description for The Gun
Paperback. A classic novel about the Peninsular War from the celebrated author of the HORNBLOWER series Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 134 x 15. Weight in Grams: 190.
A classic novel about the Peninsular War from the celebrated author of the HORNBLOWER series
Abandoned by the retreating Spanish army during the Peninsular War, the gun is an eighteen pounder bronze cannon, thirteen feet long, weighing three tons. When a group of Spanish partisans come across it two years later they see in it a chance for victory against the French - but first they must haul it across the mountains with nothing but a handful of donkeys and half-starved oxen. On its epic journey the cannon begins to gain almost mystical significance. For, with the gun, they ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co United Kingdom
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
Number of Pages
192
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780753829141
SKU
V9780753829141
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About C.S. Forester
Cecil Scott Forester was born in 1899 in Cairo and educated in England. He went to Hollywood during the opening years of World War II to help write and produce 'propaganda' films that would convince U.S. filmgoers that the they should take the side of the British and Allies in the War, which led to such films as Eagle Squadron ... Read more
Reviews for The Gun
A brief but well crafted tale from the pen of a first class storyteller
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