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The Headless Horseman

von: Mayne Reid, Alexander Bordukov
4,99 €
Verlag:	Soyuz Audio
Format:	MP3 (in ZIP-Archiv)
Veröffentl.:	20.05.2020
ISBN/EAN:	4064066534080
Sprache:	Russisch

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he Headless Horseman is a story about an Irish adventurer and hero in the War with Mexico. First Lt. Reid, writing as "Captain Reid," penned a series of popular novels[3] and attributed his headless horseman idea to a south Texas folk tale.[4] Vladimir Nabokov recalled The Headless Horseman as a favorite adventure novel of his childhood years: "which had given him a vision of the prairies and the great open spaces and the overarching sky."[5] At 11, Nabokov even translated The Headless Horseman into French alexandrines.[6]

The story takes place in Texas soon after the War with Mexico. Louise Poindexter, a beautiful newcomer, is courted by two men – the arrogant and vindictive Cassius Calhoun and the dashing but poor mustanger Maurice Gerald. Calhoun plots to eliminate his rival when tragedy strikes: Louise's brother, the young Henry Poindexter, is murdered. All clues point to Maurice Gerald as the assassin. At the same time a headless rider is spotted in the environs of the Poindexter plantation. ©&℗ IE Vorobev V.A.; ©&℗ Publishing House Soyuz