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The Deprat Affair: Ambition, Revenge and Deceit in French Indo-China

Categorie	Algemeen Geschiedenis
Boeknummer	#374186-XA46
Titel	The Deprat Affair: Ambition, Revenge and Deceit in French Indo-China
Auteur	Osborne, Roger
Boektype	Paperback
Uitgeverij	London : Random House
Jaar van uitgave	2000
ISBN10	0712665676
ISBN13	9780712665674
Taal	Engels
Beschrijving	Paperback, illustrated with some photographs in b/w, 8vo.
Samenvatting	Gripping detective story, fascinating social history, and intense human drama, The Deprat Affair recreates the hothouse atmosphere of colonial Indo-China in the early 20th century. Among its bitter rivalries, its nepotism, and favors, how are we to disentangle the scientific, the moral, and the legal truths of the affair? En route to a golden future as one of France's greatest geologists, Jacques Deprat is suddenly accused of fraud and plunged into a desperate fight to save his reputation. Thrown out of the science to which he has given everything, he reinvents himself, changes his name, and begins not one, but two fascinating lives--each as extraordinary and colorful as the one left behind. Innocent or guilty, Jacques Deprat is an astonishing figure, whose capacity to overcome internation... (Lees verder)al disgrace and the dissolution of his dreams makes an amazing and captivating story.
Pagina's	229
Conditie	Goed
Prijs	€ 9,00

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