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Resumen de La sangre del dragón
Para quién es
For readers who love period adventure, tales of trade and travel, and stories set in a land in upheaval, with loyalty and romance tested by danger.
De qué trata este libro
Dragon's Blood is an adventure novel by Henry Milner Rideout, an American writer who died in 1927. Rideout was best known for stories set in China, where he had travelled, and for tales of sea and distant places written for American magazines and readers.
The book follows a young trader whose work takes him into a land in upheaval. Trade, politics and personal loyalty pull against one another, and love adds its own risk. It offers you a fast, colourful tale of danger and choice in a China caught between old ways and change. We begin with the setting that shapes everything else.
En este resumen
- 1A young trader meets a changing landFree
- 2Revolution makes every choice risky
- 3Loyalty is tested by danger and love
- 4A storyteller who knew the setting
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A young trader meets a changing land
Stories of this kind begin with a young man sent out to make his living in trade. He arrives in a place whose customs, languages and politics are new to him. Everything he knows is tested by what he finds.
China in the era this book belongs to was a country under strain. Foreign merchants lived and worked in ports and trading centres, often separate from the people around them. Rideout draws on that world of trade, rumour and unrest.
For you as a reader, this opening gives the sense of an outsider learning fast. The pleasure comes from seeing a new world through his eyes.
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Questions about La sangre del dragón
Who wrote Dragon's Blood?
Dragon's Blood was written by Henry Milner Rideout, an American author who died in 1927. He wrote adventure fiction and short stories, many of them set in China and other far places.
What kind of book is Dragon's Blood?
It is an adventure novel built around a young trader in China. It mixes travel, danger, political unrest, loyalty and romance, in the style of early twentieth century popular fiction.
Is Dragon's Blood a true story?
It is a work of fiction. Rideout drew on his knowledge of China and its trade, but the characters and plot belong to the novel rather than to recorded history.
When is Dragon's Blood set?
It is set in a China shaken by revolution and open to foreign trade. The book belongs to the early twentieth century tradition of adventure fiction about that world.
Is Dragon's Blood hard to read?
No. Adventure fiction of its period is usually brisk and clear.