The Sea Has No End: The Life of Louis-Antoine de Bougainville [Hardcover]

Victor Suthren (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 1, 2004

Soldier, sailor, adventurer, and philosopher, Louis-Antoine de Bougainville was a talented French officer whose remarkable career took him from the boudoirs of Paris to the flintlock battlefields of North America and on to the luch islands of the South Pacific. In this lively biography, author Victor Suthren follows Bougainville's career in North America during the Seven Years War and the American Revolution and his adventures in the South Seas. Written with a historian's eye for detail, The Sea Has No End is a fascinating portrait of the most stirring and dramatic events of the eighteenth century.

Editorial Reviews

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"…well researched and in a style east to read, the Sea Has No End achieves the author's aim in succinctly telling the fascinating life story of Antoine Louis Bogainville."

"Suthren has several novels to his name as well as other historical works and, as he makes clear in his introduction, has set out to write a story here that is accessible to all readers, not just the academic historian alone. In this he has been succesful." -John Robson, INternational Journal of Maritime History

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Soldier, sailor, adventurer, and philosopher, Louis-Antoine de Bougainville was a French officer whose remarkable career took him from the boudoirs of Paris to the flintlock battlefields of North America and on to the lush islands of the South Pacific. The Sea Has No End is a riveting portrait of the most dramatic events of the eighteenth century.|This book is a fascinating portrait of the French soldier, sailor, adventurer, and philosopher, Louis-Antoine de Bougainville.

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 224 pages
• Publisher: Dundurn; First Edition edition (September 1, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1550025198
• ISBN-13: 978-1550025194
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6.1 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,211,974 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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