The Resource The romantic, William Boyd
The romantic, William Boyd
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The item The romantic, William Boyd represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Randwick City Library.This item is available to borrow from 2 library branches.
Resource Information
The item The romantic, William Boyd represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Randwick City Library.
This item is available to borrow from 2 library branches.
- Summary
- From one of Britain's best-loved and bestselling writers comes an intimate yet panoramic novel about the tumult and unexpected nature of life, set in the 19th century A new "whole life" novel from William Boyd, the author of Any Human Heart. Set in the 19th century, the novel follows the roller-coaster fortunes of a man as he tries to negotiate the random stages, adventures and vicissitudes of his life. He is variously a soldier, a farmer, a pawnbroker, a bankrupt, a jailbird, a writer, a gigolo - and many other manifestations - and, finally, a minor diplomat, based in Trieste (then in Austria-Hungary) where he sees out the end of his days
- Language
- eng
- Label
- The romantic
- Title
- The romantic
- Statement of responsibility
- William Boyd
- Subject
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- England -- History -- Fiction
- Ethical problems -- Fiction
- Farmers -- Fiction
- Fathers -- Fiction
- Historical fiction
- Humorous fiction
- Man-woman relationships -- Fiction
- Pisa (Italy) -- History -- Fiction
- Armies -- Fiction
- Soldiers -- Fiction
- Sri Lanka -- History -- Fiction
- Voyages and travels -- Fiction
- Zanzibar -- History -- Fiction
- Ravenna (Italy) -- History -- Fiction
- Authors -- Fiction
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- From one of Britain's best-loved and bestselling writers comes an intimate yet panoramic novel about the tumult and unexpected nature of life, set in the 19th century A new "whole life" novel from William Boyd, the author of Any Human Heart. Set in the 19th century, the novel follows the roller-coaster fortunes of a man as he tries to negotiate the random stages, adventures and vicissitudes of his life. He is variously a soldier, a farmer, a pawnbroker, a bankrupt, a jailbird, a writer, a gigolo - and many other manifestations - and, finally, a minor diplomat, based in Trieste (then in Austria-Hungary) where he sees out the end of his days
- Cataloging source
- YDX
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1952-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Boyd, William
- Dewey number
- 823.92
- Literary form
- fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Man-woman relationships
- Ethical problems
- Armies
- Soldiers
- Fathers
- Authors
- Farmers
- Voyages and travels
- England
- Zanzibar
- Sri Lanka
- Pisa (Italy)
- Ravenna (Italy)
- Target audience
- adult
- Label
- The romantic, William Boyd
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
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- cartographic image
- text
- Content type code
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- cri
- txt
- Content type MARC source
-
- rdacontent
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 000072055472
- Dimensions
- 24 cm.
- Extent
- 450 pages
- Form of item
- regular print reproduction
- Isbn
- 9780241542026
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1291363552
- Label
- The romantic, William Boyd
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
-
- cartographic image
- text
- Content type code
-
- cri
- txt
- Content type MARC source
-
- rdacontent
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 000072055472
- Dimensions
- 24 cm.
- Extent
- 450 pages
- Form of item
- regular print reproduction
- Isbn
- 9780241542026
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1291363552
Subject
- England -- History -- Fiction
- Ethical problems -- Fiction
- Farmers -- Fiction
- Fathers -- Fiction
- Historical fiction
- Humorous fiction
- Man-woman relationships -- Fiction
- Pisa (Italy) -- History -- Fiction
- Armies -- Fiction
- Soldiers -- Fiction
- Sri Lanka -- History -- Fiction
- Voyages and travels -- Fiction
- Zanzibar -- History -- Fiction
- Ravenna (Italy) -- History -- Fiction
- Authors -- Fiction
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