Sveti Billy
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- Author: Graves Robert
- Publisher: Sandorf
- Availability: Available
- Condition: New book
- Code: 31168
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Sveti Billy
Graves Robert
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Robert Graves: Saint Billy
A wax cast of William Palmer, the main (anti)hero of this book, is exhibited in the famous Madame Tussauds wax museum in London, as a representation of the greatest poisoner in the history of England.
Robert Graves reconstructs the life of William Palmer: a doctor, owner of racehorses and a proven forger who puts girls in an uncomfortable situation, drugs horses, and robbed several people... but was he a poisoner? With this book, Graves proves to us that the phrase "innocent until proven guilty" does not mean much when the accused has against him influential people, the aristocracy, the media...
The book exudes humor, social criticism and ferocity, which puts it alongside the most exciting historical thrillers.
"I wrote Saint Billy with the intention of showing what Victorian England really was: how rotten and robber compared to its generally accepted view."
Robert Graves
Robert Graves (1895-1985) is one of the most respected and influential English poets of the 20th century, and as a novelist he achieved great success by popularizing historical themes in a completely non-trivial way, giving the characters of his novels contemporary liveliness and plasticity. The translation of 'Saint Billy' is part of Sandorf's project of publishing the Selected Works of Robert Graves – updating the quality genre prose of high literary value by the great English stylist.
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- Author: Graves Robert
- Publisher: Sandorf
- Year of publication:2014
- Place of publication:Zagreb
- Pages:354
- Dimensions:14x20.5 cm
- Script:Latin script
- Condition:New book
- Binding:Hardcover
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