Plans of the Deathless Gods
Nonfiction, Religion & Spirituality, Philosophy, Fiction & Literature, Historical, History
| Author: | John Strang | ISBN: | 9781493199969 |
| Publisher: | Xlibris US | Publication: | May 12, 2003 |
| Imprint: | Xlibris US | Language: | English |
| Author: | John Strang |
| ISBN: | 9781493199969 |
| Publisher: | Xlibris US |
| Publication: | May 12, 2003 |
| Imprint: | Xlibris US |
| Language: | English |
BOOK SUMMARY
Plans of the Deathless Gods.
The time: the seven years (1785-1792) before the breakup of European order instigated by the French Revolution.
The scene: Prussia, South Africa, New Zealand.
The characters: Curt Christoph von Allmen, who proposes the plan of a New Zealand sealing station as medium of commerce with China; his twin sister Maria, who composes an epic poem to commemorate its founding; their friend, philosopher Adam Sixtus lEstrange, whose ruminations on the times issue in a surprising discovery.
The plot: Curt Christoph, a philhellene, envisions New Zealand as the scene of a restored Apollonianismwhich his sisters epic playfully portrays, and Adam Sixtus philosophical discovery ironically supports.
BOOK SUMMARY
Plans of the Deathless Gods.
The time: the seven years (1785-1792) before the breakup of European order instigated by the French Revolution.
The scene: Prussia, South Africa, New Zealand.
The characters: Curt Christoph von Allmen, who proposes the plan of a New Zealand sealing station as medium of commerce with China; his twin sister Maria, who composes an epic poem to commemorate its founding; their friend, philosopher Adam Sixtus lEstrange, whose ruminations on the times issue in a surprising discovery.
The plot: Curt Christoph, a philhellene, envisions New Zealand as the scene of a restored Apollonianismwhich his sisters epic playfully portrays, and Adam Sixtus philosophical discovery ironically supports.
