Eighteen years after the barbarous war with the Serbs that tore their communities apart, a group of Croatian villagers discover the identity of the Englishman who they believe betrayed them by welching on a deal to supply arms.
What do you get when you combine elements of Robert Louis Stevenson's Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Victor Hugo's The Hunchback of Notre Dame, and Alan Moore's League of Extraordinary Gentlemen? You get this exciting steampunk adventure. And though Slade borrows from the classics, the story is original and a fun read. Modo, a young hunchback, is rescued from a traveling freak show by the mysterious Victorian Englishman, Mr. Socrates. He is raised in isolation and trained to master his extraordinary physical powers, which include the ability to alter his deformed features and take on any appearance.
Added by: Malenita | Karma: 37.74 | Fiction literature | 2 September 2010
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The true born Englishman by Daniel Defoe [E-book
Defoe's most successful poem, The True-Born Englishman (1701), defended the king against the perceived xenophobia of his enemies, satirising the English claim to racial purity.
Added by: visan | Karma: 894.33 | Other | 7 May 2009
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ABBA - Chiquitita ABBA - I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do Demiss Roussos - Goodbye My Love Goodbye Ella Fitzgerald - The Man I Love Natalie Cole - Autumn Leaves Sting - Englishman In New York
An Englishman discovers that he has come into a small inheritance in Crete and sets out to claim it. When he arrives, he meets Alexis Zorba, a middle-aged Greek with a zest for life. As their relationship develops, the Englishman is persuaded to change his outlook on life.
