Author:Alfred Assollant,Sam Miller
Introducing the Marvellous Captain Corcoran – he is charming to ladies, courteous to true gentlemen, death to pirates and merciless to the English. He speaks several languages, can bend an iron bar with his bare hands, and has adventured his way across the seven seas with his faithful friend Louison by his side. Loyal only to her master, Louison can be a little boisterous, and there’s devil to pay when she misses a meal (she is a tiger, after all).
Corcoran is on the hunt for a lost sacred Hindu text. Once in India, he is soon distracted from his quest by the claims of Prince Holkar, his lotus-eyed daughter, and their daring stand against the English occupying forces.
Beloved by many French schoolchildren (including the young Jean-Paul Sartre) at the turn of the century, the marvellous Corcoran has been too long forgotten. Sam Miller (author of Strange Kind of Paradise: India through Foreign Eyes) has loving translated these wild, funny, unabashedly romantic adventures from the French for the first time so that the Captain and his charming Louison can be embraced by a new generation of readers, young and old.
The only thing left for me to do is to pick up The Adventures of Captain Corcoran which is lying on the table...open at random a book I've read dozens of times...I forget about myself as soon as I start reading
—— Jean-Paul SartreCoelho, whose books have sold more than 200 million copies worldwide, has taken the Mata Hara story and fashioned it into a short dynamo of a novel.
A striking novel. . . . By the end, readers will believe they've read [Mata Hari's] actual letters.
—— Publisher's WeeklySpiritualists and wanderlusts will eagerly devour . . . [Coelho's] search for all things meaningful.
—— Washington PostA gorgeous Christmas poem...meant to be read aloud, explores what Christmas might mean to us today -- not just a time of celebration but also of conflict and loneliness. Lyrically beautiful, and accompanied by gorgeous illustrations by Sarah Young.
—— StylistGrass’ writing…is uncluttered and haunting… Tiny snapshots of morality more insightful than most novels could dream of, forming a work of real emotional substance. A fitting requiem for a true great.
—— UK Press SyndicationA melancholic anthology of musings, poems, and sketches, delicate in both form and content as they trace the edges of ageing, death and the world we live in.
—— Michael Anderson , Irish ExaminerAn absolutely essential prologue to Rogue One. If I had to recommend a Star Wars book to film fans that have yet to venture into the canon, it would definitely be this one
—— Accio Reviewsan excellent complement to Rogue One…an enjoyable explanation of some of the key dynamics in Rogue One
—— SciFi BulletinIn War And Peace, richly observed human life - its catastrophes and passions, its thrills and tedium - mark out Tolstoy as a fox, who knows all about the dizzying diversity of existence
—— ObserverHighly and deservedly praised...is a remarkable achievement.
—— Contemporary ReviewWonderfully readable
—— Wendy Cope , The WeekTranslators give their wits and craft selflessly in service of others' work; this is a triumph of fidelity and unpretentiousness.
—— The Independent
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