Paul Wright is een kunstenaar en auteur wiens werk inspiratie put uit zijn leven in Italië. Zijn literaire output, vaak geassocieerd met de regio Comomeer, verkent thema's van thuis en cultuur met een uitgesproken artistieke gevoeligheid. Wrights schrijven wordt gekenmerkt door zijn visuele rijkdom en een diepe waardering voor de omgevingen die hij portretteert. Zijn boeken bieden lezers een boeiende inkijk in het Italiaanse leven.
From Endymion and Hyperion to The Eve of St Agnes', La Belle Dame sans Merci' and the Odes, this collection displays his rapid poetic growth, the development of his philosophical and spiritual beliefs and the voluptuous, silken nature of his verse.
This title explores the crucial role of cruisers in the early Pacific War, focusing on the battles for Guadalcanal, particularly the Battle of Savo Island and the Battle of Cape Esperance.
All they could hear was the wind, and the waves crashing on to the rocks. All they could see was the night. They could not see the ship, broken in two. They could not see the people holding on to the dark wet rock, slowly dying of cold. And they could not hear the cries for help - only the wind. How could they save the people on the rock? Was their wooden boat stronger than the iron ship? Were a man and his daughter stronger than the great waves that broke the ship in two? The Forfarshire was wrecked off the north-east coast of England in 1838. This is the true story of Grace Darling - a girl who became a famous heroine on that stormy night.
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