The Travels And Surprising Adventures Of Baron Munchausen
(Paperback)
Publishing Details
The Travels And Surprising Adventures Of Baron Munchausen
By (Author) Rudolf Erich Raspe
Melville House Publishing
Melville House Publishing
1st October 2012
United States
Classifications
Physical Properties
Paperback
272
Width 126mm, Height 202mm
277g
Description
No one has journeyed to as many foreign lands as Baron von Munchausen. Nor, when it comes time to fire a cannon, will readers find anyone more accurate. The comfort of courtly life is as natural to him as the harshest polar desert. On the subject of politics and science he has no equal. And all discussion of the moon must start and stop with the only man who has ever been there. His feats of prowess are famed the world over. Who else could leap a hedgerow with a carriage and horse on their back No one. And then of course there are the bears.
Author Bio
Rudolph Erich Raspe (1736-1794) was a librarian, scientist, and sometime gemstone thief. After a botched confidence scheme, Raspe fled Germany for England, where he wrote and anonymously published The Travels and Surprising Adventures of Baron Munchausen. Written in English, the work remained obscure until translated into German by Gottfried August B rger, to whom it was attributed. After Raspe's death, the true author was revealed.
