La Sombra del Águila/ The Shadow of the Eagle - Paperback

La Sombra del Águila/ The Shadow of the Eagle - Paperback

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La Sombra del Águila/ The Shadow of the Eagle - Paperback

La Sombra del Águila/ The Shadow of the Eagle - Paperback

$14.50
Sale price  $14.50 Regular price 

by Arturo Pérez-Reverte (Author)

Bajo su tono desgarrado, lúcido, divertido y trágico a un tiempo, Arturo Pérez-Reverte desvela una descarnada y mordaz visión de la guerra y de la condición humana.

La sombra del águila narra una historia ficticia basada en un hecho real: durante la campaña de Rusia de 1812, en un combate adverso para las tropas napoleónicas, un batallón de antiguos prisioneros españoles, enrolados a la fuerza en el ejército francés, intenta desertar, pasándose a los rusos. Interpretando erróneamente el movimiento, el Emperador lo toma por un acto de heroísmo y ordena en su auxilio una carga de caballería que tendrá imprevisibles consecuencias.

Este relato breve fue publicado en el diario El País en agosto de 1993, mientras Arturo Pérez-Reverte cubría, como reportero, el conflicto de Bosnia.

ENGLISH DESCRIPTION

Arturo Pérez-Reverte reveals a stark, humorous, piercing, tragic, and scathing vision of war and the human condition.

The Shadow of the Eagle is based on a true story. During the Russian campaign of 1812, as the Napoleonic troops fight a battle they are about to lose, a battalion of former Spanish prisoners, forcibly enrolled in the French army, tries to join the Russians. Misinterpreting their intentions, the Emperor takes it for an act of heroism and orders a cavalry charge to their aid, with unforeseeable consequences.

This short story was published in El País in August 1993, while Arturo Pérez-Reverte was reporting from Bosnia.

Author Biography

ARTURO PÉREZ-REVERTE (Cartagena, España, 1951) tiene más de veinte millones de lectores en todo el mundo, muchas de sus novelas han sido llevadas al cine y a la televisión. Es miembro de la Real Academia Española.

Number of Pages: 136
Dimensions: 0.55 x 7.4 x 4.88 IN
Publication Date: December 20, 2022

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