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A chi è rivolto
Readers who love adventure on a world map, journeys by ship, sleigh and aeroplane, and stories of marriage under pressure. It also suits anyone curious about how the First World War looked to those far from Europe.
Che cos’è questo libro
A happy holiday turns into a race for home. Thea von Harbou wrote The Flight of Beate Hoyermann during the First World War as a tribute to a woman's courage and to the pull of home. Beate, a young German woman, and her husband Gerhard, a former officer, travel the world for pleasure. Then war breaks out in Europe and they are cut off in Japan. The book carries you through an earthquake, a chase on the high seas, a night at the Pyramids, a Russian city in riot and a flight through a winter sky. Von Harbou keeps the pace fast and the feeling close to the skin.
In questo riassunto
- 1A happy marriage and a watched islandFree
- 2Fire, warning and a murder in a temple
- 3A husband leaves and a wife decides
- 4A stewardess, a cruiser and a stoker
- 5Rescue, Cairo and a night at the Pyramids
- 6Winter in Russia and a flier who plays with death
- 7Arrest, the cell and a rescue by night
- 8The chase and the flying machine
- 9Love, home and the price of courage
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A happy marriage and a watched island
The story opens in Japan, on a small island called the Garden of the Friend. Beate rides through crowded streets in a jinrikisha. She has always learned the language of each country where she and her husband stay. They call each other Lioness and Bear, and they share every thought.
Then the first shadow falls. Gerhard tells her that the police are following them. He believes the Japanese suspect a former German officer of spying.
At a theatre, their Swedish friend Tystendal brings news that the Austrian heir and his wife have been murdered in Bosnia. Beate feels the distance from home for the first time. She sees that a small trip abroad may turn into something much larger.
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Questions about La fuga di Beate Hoyermann
What is The Flight of Beate Hoyermann about?
A German woman is stranded in Japan with her husband when the First World War begins. After he leaves to fight, she follows by ship, through Egypt and Russia and finally by air, determined to reach home.
Who is Kyrill Petulikow in the book?
Kyrill is a gentle Russian who builds flying machines and travels with his widowed mother. He befriends Beate and calls her Masha.
Is The Flight of Beate Hoyermann a true story?
It is a work of fiction, written by Thea von Harbou during the First World War. It follows Beate through the outbreak of war and the sinking of a passenger ship.
Is this a good book for readers who like adventure?
Yes, it moves quickly from Japan to Egypt and Russia, with a ship chase, a prison escape and a flight through a winter night.
What is the main message of the book?
The book shows love and loyalty crossing borders. Beate's courage and the help she gets from people of other nations suggest that home and kindness can be stronger than the divisions of war.