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A Sailor of Austria: In Which, Without Really Intending to, Otto Prohaska...
by Biggins, John | PB | VeryGood
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A book that has been read and does not look new, but is in excellent condition. No obvious damage to the book cover, with the dust jacket (if applicable) included for hard covers. No missing or damaged pages, no creases or tears, no underlining or highlighting of text, and no writing in the margins. Some identifying marks on the inside cover, but this is minimal. Very little wear and tear. See the seller’s listing for full details and description of any imperfections.
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Item specifics
- Condition
- Very Good
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- Binding
- Paperback
- Weight
- 1 lbs
- Product Group
- Book
- IsTextBook
- No
- ISBN
- 9781590131077
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Mcbooks Press, Incorporated
ISBN-10
159013107X
ISBN-13
9781590131077
eBay Product ID (ePID)
23038468649
Product Key Features
Book Title
Sailor of Austria : In Which, Without Really Intending to, Otto Prohaska Becomes Official War Hero No. 27 of the Habsburg Empire
Number of Pages
376 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2005
Topic
War & Military, Historical
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Fiction
Book Series
The Otto Prohaska Novels Ser.
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
5.5 in
Item Weight
16 Oz
Item Length
8.5 in
Item Width
0.4 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2005-007282
Reviews
"Stark realism and finely crafted humor... use of narration, his thorough knowledge, and good technical details make this novel compelling reading." -- Library Journal, "Stark realism and finely crafted humor . . . use of narration, his thorough knowledge, and good technical details make this novel compelling reading." - Library Journal, "Stark realism and finely crafted humor... use of narration, his thorough knowledge, and good technical details make this novel compelling reading." - Library Journal
TitleLeading
A
Series Volume Number
1
Synopsis
"A retro techno-adventure story that falls somewhere between Tom Clancy and Patrick O'Brian... top notch military fiction with a literary flair." ( Publishers Weekly ) In the spring of 1915, a young Austro-Czech naval lieutenant Ottokar Prohaska finds himself posted to the minuscule Imperial and Royal Austro-Hungarian Submarine Service in the Adriatic port of Pola. In some trepidation at first, because he has no experience whatever of submarines, his fears are soon set at rest when he discovers that nobody else has either: least of all his superiors. There follow three and a half years of desperate World War One adventures fighting for the House of Habsburg aboard primitive, ill-equipped vessels, contending not just with exploding lavatories and the transport of Libyan racing camels but with a crew drawn from a dozen different nationalities-and a decaying imperial bureaucracy which often seems to be even more of an enemy than the British, the French, the Italians and the sea itself. After surmounting all this to become - accidentally - Austria Hungary's leading U-boat commander and a holder of its highest military decoration, the closing months of 1918 see him and his crew returning aboard a damaged boat from the shores of Palestine, only to find that the homeland they have fought for so doggedly over the previous four years is now in the final stages of collapse, and that they are effectively stateless persons; sailors without a navy returning to a country which no longer has a coastline, A Sailor of Austria is a great historical novel of WWI, accurately recalling the final days of a little-known European empire. Biggins' Prohaska novels are notable for their humor and subtle irony, for a firm sense of the ridiculous was a most valuable commodity for a sensitive naval officer in service to a largely land-locked empire., In this ironic, hilarious, and poignant story, Otto Prohaska is a submarine captain serving the almost-landlocked Austro-Hungarian Empire. He faces a host of unlikely circumstances, from petrol poisoning to exploding lavatories to trigger-happy Turks. All signs point to the total collapse of the bloated empire he serves, but Otto refuses to abandon the Habsburgs in their hour of need.
LC Classification Number
PR6052.I34S25 2005
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