Alfred Neumann (1895–1952)
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Séries
Obras por Alfred Neumann
Another Caesar 8 exemplares
Guerra : Roman 5 exemplares
Die Goldquelle : Roman 5 exemplares
König Haber : Erzählung 4 exemplares
Der Patriot 3 exemplares
Der Held. Roman eines politischen Mordes 3 exemplares
Mellan dag och natt 3 exemplares
Gitterwerk des Lebens 2 exemplares
Der Patriot : Drama in 5 Akten 2 exemplares
Der Konnetabel 2 exemplares
Dostojewski und die Freiheit; eine Rede 2 exemplares
Die Brüder : Roman 2 exemplares
Il patriota e re Haber 1 exemplar
Königin Christine von Schweden 1 exemplar
Mäster Olivier : roman 1 exemplar
Magister Taussig : Erzählung 1 exemplar
Císařství 1 exemplar
Der Patriot. Koenig Haber 1 exemplar
Kleine Helden. Erzaehlungen. 1 exemplar
Haus Danieli : Schauspiel in 4 Akten 1 exemplar
Raetsel-Dichtungen 1 exemplar
Saïs : ein Rätselbuch 1 exemplar
Delphi. Neue Raetsel-Dichtungen 1 exemplar
Neue Gedichte. 1 exemplar
Die Heiligen : legendäre Geschichten 1 exemplar
Gesammelte Werke 1 exemplar
Das Kind von Paris Roman 1 exemplar
Man of December: A story of Napoleon III and the fall of the Second Empire : a novel (2005) 1 exemplar
Nový César : [román o Napoleonu III.] 1 exemplar
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Conhecimento Comum
- Nome canónico
- Neumann, Alfred
- Data de nascimento
- 1895-10-15
- Data de falecimento
- 1952-10-03
- Sexo
- male
- Nacionalidade
- Germany
- País (no mapa)
- Germany
- Ocupações
- writer
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Críticas
Prémios
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Estatísticas
- Obras
- 43
- Also by
- 1
- Membros
- 141
- Popularidade
- #145,671
- Avaliação
- 4.0
- Críticas
- 1
- ISBN
- 5
- Línguas
- 1
The political machinations, often cruel and unprincipled, that the two map out in order to increase the power of the king at the expense of the French nobles, are at first interesting. But during the second half of the book, they begin to become repetitive and even a bit tedious.
As contemporary reviewers pointed, out, Neumann's narrative interests really did not lie in 15th-century France, as we get very little flavor of what life was like during that time, other than political the conditions. Neumann was interested in the motivations of power, the depths of cruelty that the powerful would go to do build and retain that power, and the effects such goings on would have on the personalities involved. Another important theme is the way in which two interlocking personalities may almost seem to fuse into one There are occasional long passages where one or the other of the two main characters, especially the title character, ponder such themes. In other words, it's sort of Shakespeare meets Henry James.
So, as noted, I found the book to be interesting and lively throughout the first half, and less so, almost, eventually, a bit of a slog, in the second half.… (mais)