'Two Surface-dwellers. Two! He's a Fattypuff and you're a Thinifer. There's no doubt about it!' Edmund is a little on the plump side and his brother Terry is a bit of a rake. When they discover the Co
Originally published in 1926, as the second edition of a 1920 original, this highly popular novel narrates the experiences of a British colonel in France during World War I. Maurois draws on his experience as a translator and liaison officer to the British army from 1915 to 1916 to create this study of humanity in wartime. By turns sad and whimsical, and published in the original French, this book will be of value to anyone interested in Allied experiences in the First World War or in wartime fiction.
Written in 1928 by French biographer and novelist Andre Maurois, Climates became a best seller in France and all over Europe. The first 100,000 copies printed of its Russian translation sold out the d
"Dangerous, charming, and funny, this elegant miniature rediscovery will delight even brilliant minds."?Simon Van BooyAndre Maurois' novella, published in the same year as Margaret Mead's Coming of Ag
