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The Lion Of Janina

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Genre: Literary Collections Item Length: 9 in ISBN: 9781542687041 Language: English height: 0.5 in Book Title: Lion of Janina width: 6 in Publication Year: 2017 Item Weight: 14.6 Oz Number of Pages: 232 Pages Topic: Ancient & Classical Item Height: 0.5 in Author: Maurus Jókai Item Width: 6 in Publisher: CreateSpace Format: Trade Paperback

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The Lion Of Janina. Title: The Lion Of Janina. Number of Pages: 232. Weight: 0.7 lbs. Publication Date: 2017-01-22. Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. Please refer to the section BELOW (and NOT ABOVE ) this line for the product details - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Title: The Lion Of Janina ISBN13: 9781542687041 ISBN10: 1542687047 Author: R. Nisbet Bain (Translator), Jokai, Maurus (Author) Description: (This is a RePrint) - A Historical Novel Of Ali Pasha Of Janina, One Of The Most Brilliant, Picturesque, And Capable Ruffians Of Turkish History Jokai's Exuberant Imagination Revels In The Rich Colors Of The Gorgeous East, While His Ever Alert Humor Makes The Most Of The Sharp And Strange Contrasts Of Oriental Life And Society Maurus Jokai (1825 - 1904) Was A Hungarian Novelist Who Took Part As A Journalist In The Revolution Of 1848 He Wrote About 200 Novels, Including Timar's Two Worlds, Black Diamonds, And The Romance Of The Coming Century He Was Intended For The Law, That Having Been His Father's Profession But At Twelve Years Of Age The Desire To Write Seized Him Some Of His Stories Fell Into The Hands Of The Lawyer In Whose Office He Was Studying, Who Read Them, And Was So Struck By Their Originality And Talent That He Published Them At Once At His Own Expense The Public Was As Well Pleased With The Book As The Lawyer Had Been With The Manuscripts, And From That Tender Age Jokai Devoted Himself To Writing At The Age Of Twenty-Three He Laid Down His Pen Long Enough To Get Married, His Bride Being Rosa Laborfalvi, The Then Leading Hungarian Actress At The End Of A Year He Joined The Revolutionists, And Buckled On The Sword Of A Patriot He Was Taken Prisoner And Sentenced To Be Shot, When His Bride Appeared Upon The Scene With Her Pockets Full Of The Money She Had Made By The Sale Of Her Jewels, And, Bribing The Guards, Escaped With Her Husband Into The Birch Woods, Where They Hid In Caves And Slept On Leaves, All The Time In Danger Of Their Lives, Until They Finally Found Their Way To Budapest And Liberty This City Jokai Made His Home; In The Winter Living In The Heart Of The Town, In The Summer Just Far Enough Outside Of It To Have A House Surrounded By Grounds Where He Could Sit Out Of Doors In The Shade Of His Own Trees He Became The Best-Known Man In Hungary In His Day, For He Was Not Only An Author, But A Financier, A Statesman, And A Journalist As Well Binding: Paperback, Paperback Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform Publication Date: 2017-01-22 Weight: 0.7 lbs Dimensions: 0.49'' H x 9.02'' L x 5.98'' W Number of Pages: 232 Language: English

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