Daughters of Destiny

L. Frank Baum

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This absorbing fiction is an adventure story filled with conflict and conspiracy. It was written by L. Frank Baum, originally under his pseudonym, Schuyler Staunton. The story is set in the Middle Eastern country of Baluchistan, a territory made up of some parts of Pakistan, Iran, and Afghanistan. When a group of Americans travels to an ancient land of deserts and palaces, its members quickly become involved in a conspiracy to steal the throne. Mysteries and surprises abound as the characters risk their lives in a dangerous game of power, wealth, and love.

Daughters of Destiny is one of the three novels by Baum written for adults and was written during the most flourishing years of the author. Writing to delight, Baum chose exotic locations and dramatic details in this book. In Baum's fiction, Baluchistan is still a liberated state, though the region had fallen under the control of the British Empire in the later nineteenth century.

Über L. Frank Baum

L. Frank Baum (1856-1919) is best known for writing The Wizard of Oz and its corresponding 13 sequels, Baum was a prolific writer, writing 55 novels, 82 short stories, and over 200 poems in all, utilizing more than 7 pen names. His works are characterized by extreme fantasy, political satire, and advanced knowledge of future technologies: in his stories and novels, he predicted the inventions of television, laptops, cell phones, and the use of clothing for advertising. His Oz series, although still somewhat violent, marks a breaking away from the extreme violence that characterized earlier fairy tales of the Bros. Grimm and Hans Christian Anderson. Baum intended to separate his writing from such violence as well as the moral that violence was supposed to teach; his books are also devoid of any romance, a subject he believed uninteresting and incomprehensible to children. Although known for his writing, Baum’s true passion was with the theater—directing, playwriting, and acting—and he experienced financial difficulty throughout his life because of this ongoing obsession. A true man of imagination, he whispered "Now we can cross the Shifting Sands" on his deathbed.


Verlag:

Good Press

Veröffentlicht:

2021

Druckseiten:

ca. 148

Sprache:

English

Medientyp:

eBook


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