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The renowned Polish novelist, inspired by his travels through Africa, gives us a fascinating book recounting adventures and experiences of two children during an escape from Khartoum after the death of General Gordon, and their flight through Africa to the Indian Ocean. The children's adventures in the Egyptian desert and African wilderness at the time of the Mahdi (1848 - 1885) also contain a vast quantity of information about the plant and animal life of the African swamps and jungle

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ISBN-13:	9781727776652
Publisher:	CreateSpace Publishing
Publication date:	10/28/2018
Pages:	362
Sales rank:	714,890
Product dimensions:	5.98(w) x 9.02(h) x 0.75(d)

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Henryk Sienkiewicz wurde am 05.05.1846 in Wola Okrzejska, Polen geboren; er starb am 15.11.1916 in Vevey, Schweiz.Sienkiewicz wurde im russischen Teil Polens geboren. Sein Vater war aktiv im Widerstand gegen die Fremdherrschaft. Sienkiewicz studierte in Warschau. Ab 1872 veröffentlichte er kurze satirische Texte und schrieb Feuilletons für die Zeitung Gazeta Polska. 1876 unternahm er eine längere Reise in die USA. Er unternahm weitere Reisen innerhalb Europas, 1891 bereiste er Afrika. Nach Ausbruch des Ersten Weltkrieges reiste er in die Schweiz aus.Sienkiewicz erhielt 1905 den Nobelpreis für Literatur.Quelle: Wikipedia

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