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"A survivor of the 1916 torpedo attack on a Cross channel ferry, Sussex, recognised Spanish composer Granados in a lifeboat, his wife in the water. Granados dived in to save her and perished. Subsequently, the Sussex incident became a pawn in the propaganda battle of WW1. Extensive research into family involvement in WW1 put Walton in possession of historical detail not generally known. He assisted American novelist John Milton to obtain background material for ¿The Fallen Nightingale¿. Walton subsequently wrote his own account of the composer¿s unhappy final journey.This is the truth behind…mehr

Produktbeschreibung
"A survivor of the 1916 torpedo attack on a Cross channel ferry, Sussex, recognised Spanish composer Granados in a lifeboat, his wife in the water. Granados dived in to save her and perished. Subsequently, the Sussex incident became a pawn in the propaganda battle of WW1. Extensive research into family involvement in WW1 put Walton in possession of historical detail not generally known. He assisted American novelist John Milton to obtain background material for ¿The Fallen Nightingale¿. Walton subsequently wrote his own account of the composer¿s unhappy final journey.This is the truth behind the story. David Walton graduated in Modern Languages at University College, London, and undertook further studies at the University of Florence and at Trinity College of Music. He worked for some years as a Civil Servant, notably at the port of Folkestone, where he became very familiar with cross-Channel ferries between England and France. Book includes translations in Spanish and Catalan."
Autorenporträt
DAVID WALTON "has brought hard sci-fi roaring back to life" (Wall Street Journal) with "vivid, speculative science" (David Brin) in "an expanding universe of delight" (Washington Post). His novels are action-packed thrillers with a spot-on understanding of science and technology. David hails from Philadelphia, where he lives with his wife and eight children. An engineer by day and an author by night, David won the 2008 Philip K. Dick Award for his debut novel, TERMINAL MIND, and the 2018 John W. Campbell Award for THE GENIUS PLAGUE.