Roger Vercel (1894–1957)
Auteur van Captain Conan
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Werken van Roger Vercel
Le Maître du rêve (French Edition) 5 exemplaren
Visages de corsaires : René Duguay-Trouin, Robert Surcouf, Claude Forbin, Jean Bart (1996) 4 exemplaren
Saint-Malo et l'âme malouine: Nouvelle édition 2 exemplaren
Det Lukkede Land 2 exemplaren
Sous le pied de l'archange 2 exemplaren
La clandestine 2 exemplaren
À l'assault des pôles 2 exemplaren
Ride out the storm; 1 exemplaar
The Easter Fleet 1 exemplaar
El recuerdo de Luc La Hourie 1 exemplaar
Remolques 1 exemplaar
Francis Garnier à l'assaut des fleuves 1 exemplaar
Goar et l'ombre 1 exemplaar
Été indien 1 exemplaar
Zona prohibida 1 exemplaar
Le roman d'Agrippine 1 exemplaar
Francis Garnier à l'assaut des fleuves 1 exemplaar
Madman's memory 1 exemplaar
Pecheurs Des Quatre Mers - [Illustrations De Albert Bennet, Marin-Marie, Mathurin Meheut] (1957) 1 exemplaar
L'île des revenants 1 exemplaar
La caravane de pâques 1 exemplaar
La Hourie 1 exemplaar
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Algemene kennis
- Officiële naam
- Cretin, Roger
- Geboortedatum
- 1894
- Overlijdensdatum
- 1957-02-26
- Geslacht
- male
- Nationaliteit
- France
- Geboorteplaats
- Le Mans, Sarthe, France
- Plaats van overlijden
- Dinan, France
- Woonplaatsen
- Le Mans, France (birthplace)
- Beroepen
- novelist
professor - Organisaties
- French Army (WWI)
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- 48
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- 191
- Populariteit
- #114,255
- Waardering
- 4.0
- Besprekingen
- 3
- ISBNs
- 25
- Talen
- 3
Norbert's unit is deployed to a position on the Dnestr River, defending against the Russian Red Army, their former Allies, who are now determined to lay claim to Ukrainian territory. (An especially ironic turn of events, given today's real world events more than a hundred years later.) Conan, his men, the deserter and other prisoners are being held in a nearby makeshift prison. A climactic battle between the French and Russians in and around the river reveals further nuances in the meanings of loyalty and brotherhood.
The book's final chapter acts as an epilogue, with its encounter between Norbert and a much-changed Conan several years later. It nearly broke my heart.
The novel succeeds on many levels: for its multidimensional characters, its historical value, and, probably more than anything, as an anti-war statement about how some battle heroes, returned to civilian life, can no longer fit in, and may even become social pariahs. CAPTAIN CONAN deserves a place among war lit classics. Very very highly recommended.
- Tim Bazzett, author of the Cold War memoir, SOLDIER BOY: AT PLAY IN THE ASA… (meer)