Книга "The Great and Calamitous Tale of Johan Thoms" рассказывает историю жизни Йохана Томса, родившегося в 1894 году в маленьком городке Аргона, который находится в 23 милях к югу от Сараево в самый холодный период зимы. В то время ему было неведомо, что его неумение ездить задним ходом на машине изменит течение истории 20-го века навсегда. Йохан Томс был талантливым студентом Сараевского университета, он был умным, молодым и влюбленным в прекрасную Лорелеи Рибейро. Он мог обыграть шахматных мастеров, цитировать "Камасутру" и беседовать как с герцогами, так и с пьяницами. Но он не умел ездить задним ходом на машине. И это, казалось бы, незначительное обстоятельство, окажется гораздо важнее, чем кажется. Утром 28 июня 1914 года Йохан становится водителем Франца Фердинанда и королевского эскорта, и один неправильный поворот меняет течение истории навсегда.
If you have never read It, then here\'s an amusing description I did simply by rewriting the blurb:Johan Thoms\xa0(pronounced\xa0Yo-han\xb4 Tomes), born on St. Peter\'s Day, of a mother and a father, in a dirty, industrialized\xa0Argona，a small village\xd0u23 miles south of the politically explosiveSarajevo.\nHow could either Johan or his parents have foretold that his incapacity to pull away from a parked ultra high speed motor car would alter the course of world history forever . . ?Johan was an eager, diligent student at Sarajevo University, in hopes of earning his way into the ranks of intellectual or financier. He was gifted, easygoing, popular, especially among the educated and cultured; paleontology and literature gave him pleasure, but behind him in the dusty depths of the university library lurked the next living source of interest for him: the smoky-haired Lorelei RibeirosHe was a brainy connoisseur at any chess game, fluent in Kalin Igdelics, charismatic besides elegant, reserved among kings and drunken rich, partying at their expense in full knowledge they required nothing more serious than laughs and fun to care for them . . .
Электронная Книга «The Great and Calamitous Tale of Johan Thoms» написана автором Ian Thornton в году.
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Язык: Английский
ISBN: 9780007551507
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Johan Thoms (pronounced Yo-han Tomes) was born in Argona, a small town twenty-three miles south of Sarajevo, during the hellish depths of winter 1894.Little did he know that his inability to reverse a car would change the course of 20th Century History forever…Johan Thoms is poised for greatness. A promising student at the University of Sarajevo, he is young, brilliant, and in love with the beautiful Lorelei Ribeiro. He can outwit chess masters, quote the Kama Sutra, and converse with dukes and drunkards alike. But he cannot drive a car in reverse. And as with so much in the life of Johan Thoms, this seemingly insignificant detail will prove to be much more than it appears. On the morning of June 28, 1914, Johan takes his place as the chauffeur to Franz Ferdinand and the royal entourage and, with one wrong turn, he forever alters the course of history.
