Brilliant Years. Gran Canaria
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Brilliant Years. Gran Canaria
14.99 €
Archibald Joseph Cronin (1896-1981) was born in Scotland, graduated from the University of Glasgow, and worked as a doctor in South Wales and London. But his true calling was literature, to which he devoted himself after the resounding success of his first novel "Brodie Castle". Of A. Cronin's other books, the best known are "The Stars Are Looking Down," "The Citadel," "The Young Years," "The Shannon Way," "The Keys of the Kingdom," "The Crusader's Monument," and "Three Loves." The most vivid novels belong to the number of bestsellers, dispersed huge circulation around the world, based on the works of Cronin created more than 30 screenings. But we can not say that, leaving medical practice, Archibald Cronin forever said goodbye to medicine. This profession, related problems and challenges of the time always awakened the creative imagination of the writer, so the main character of his books often became a talented and motivated doctor - the one to whom the author could convey his ideas, views, quest. Obsessed with his favorite work Duncan Stirling, the hero of the story "The Brilliant Years". Despite the mangled hand, he is determined to achieve world fame in the medical field. Harvey Leith ("Gran Canaria") also dreams of it. A gifted doctor and researcher, confident that his discovery will revolutionize science, he suffers a cruel failure and goes to the Canary Islands to start from scratch ... The short story "The Local Doctor" tells the romantic and exciting story of doctor Robert Murray and nurse Mary, who arrive on a remote Caribbean island on the eve of ominous events...
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