The flying dutchmans problem is tedium, and it shows. Dead funny flying dutch, faust among equals tom holt. Flying dutch mass market paperback june 1, 1993 by tom holt author visit amazons tom holt page. Well hello, and welcome to the first proper book blog post. This book is clever clever clever and extremely funny. Thriftbooks sells millions of used books at the lowest everyday prices. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading flying dutch. Another imaginative and seriously funny novel from a master of the humorous fantasy genre. We personally assess every book s quality and offer rare, outofprint treasures. Flying dutch by tom holt meet your next favorite book. He began writing his distinctive brand of comic fantasy while at oxford, and has also written two wellreceived historical novels, as well as collaborating on the unauthorised biography of margaret thatcher, i, margaret.
The two protagonists, jane and vanderdecker, are welldeveloped and its a blast to get to know them. Paint your dragon by tom holt hachette uk little, brown book. Flying dutch ebook por tom holt 9780316233163 rakuten kobo. Cornelius vanderdecker is the flying dutchman immortalized in. This omnibus contains two of tom holt s bestloved stories. You dont have to acquaint yourself with either to enjoy flying dutch. Is a funny book in places and other places it kind of drags. Alive for more than 450 years, doomed to ply the seas endlessly except for shore leave, capt. Based on genuine characters and real events of the wagners ring cycle, tom holts first novel is an adrenalinecharged book. In addition to fiction published under his own name, he writes fantasy under the pseudonym k.
Richard wagner got it all wrong captain vanderdecker was an ordinary 16th century ships captain until an accident involving an alchemist on the run from the inquisition, and a mishandled magic potion, left him and his crew immortal, indestructible, and incredibly stinky. Flying dutch 1992 by tom holt 1857230175 for sale online. Contrary to popular belief, it turns out that captain vanderdecker, the flying dutchman, did not make a deal with the devil which left him cast away for centuries. Tom holt 5 books only human, djinn rummy, open sesame. Flying dutch, this book is my favourite amongst those written by tom holt. The story is tom holts spoof of the flying dutchman, which is both a centuriesold legend and an opera by richard wagner. The walled orchard by tom holt nook book ebook barnes. See all 8 formats and editions hide other formats and editions. Mildmannered accountant jane doland must track down vanderdecker, a magically immortal dutch sea captain who, along wit.
Tom holts first novel expecting someone taller is a combination of fantasy and comedy and is a great novel for any fan of terry pratchett or douglas adams. Flying dutch 1992 by tom holt 1857230175 for sale online ebay. Flying dutch hardcover march 1, 1992 by tom holt author. Tom holt is often compared to terry pratchett, probably because they both writes humorous fantasy. At oxford he studied bar billiards, ancient greek agriculture and the care and feeding of small, temperamental japanese motorcycle engines. Flying dutch by tom holt overdrive rakuten overdrive. Flying dutch isbn 1857230175 is the third humorousfantasy novel by popular british author tom holt. Cornelius vanderdecker is the flying dutchman immortalized in legend and wagners opera. Thomas charles louis tom holt born september 1961 is a british novelist. Its amazing the problems drinking can get you into. Lee flying dutch por tom holt disponible en rakuten kobo. Find all the books, read about the author, and more. An omnibus containing the novels flying dutch and faust among equals. The first tom holt omnibus by tom holt fantastic fiction.
Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. In the novel the flying dutchman 20 by the russian novelist anatoly kudryavitsky, the ghost ship rebuilds itself from an old barge abandoned on the bank of a big russian river, and offers itself as a refuge to a persecuted musicologist. Julius vanderdecker is in a dangerous line of work, so a life insurance. Read flying dutch by tom holt available from rakuten kobo. Tom holt is often compared to terry pratchett, probably because they. However, formatting rules can vary widely between applications and fields of interest or study. As usual, tom holt creates wacky characters and hilarious situations. Flying dutch, a humourous fantasy novel by tom holt. The first tom holt omnibus by tom holt book cover, description, publication history. Founded in 1997, has become a leading book price comparison site. In flying dutch, we learn of the amazing problems drinking can get you into. Flying dutch paperback january 1, 1992 by tom holt author. Books magazine only a writer like holt could make this work.
Flying dutch which was released in america but is still hard to find is a delicious book which will have readers laughing aloud as they rush to turn the pages and smiling long after. Malcom fisher the lead character learns that he is the new owner of the mantel of siegfried that gives him access to the tarnhel, the teleporting and shape shifting charm. After i found kj parkertom holt over a year ago, ive read any of his works i could get his hands on witty epic fantasy, grecoroman historical. Holt is a literary comedian who easily rivals douglas adams and terry pratchett in the british humor vein although, sadly, he isnt as easy to find in the u.
These interests led him, perhaps inevitably, to qualify as a solicitor and emigrate to somerset, where he specialised in death and taxes for seven years before going. Flying dutch is a comic fantasy novel by tom holt, very loosely based on the legend of the flying dutchman. Holt was born in london, the son of novelist hazel holt, and was educated at westminster school, wadham college, oxford, and the college of law, london. Indeed, vanderdecker and crew have been sailing the oceans since the 17th century, but they are not ghosts, something they have come to regret, actually. Tom holt was born in 1961, and produced his first book, poems by tom holt, at the age of thirteen. Martins press inspired by wagners 1843 opera, the flying dutchman, the novel asserts that the famous dutchman and his crew were not, in fact, cursed by the devil, but were instead the victim of a flawed alchemical experiment which made them. Flying dutch isbn 0356201112 is the third humorousfantasy novel by popular british author tom holt.
Flying dutch by tom holt january 22,1994 paperback january 1, 1657 4. The comic fantasy flying dutch by tom holt is a version of the flying dutchman story. Anthologys by mike ashley whom tom holt appears in. See all 8 formats and editions hide other formats and. Sep 07, 2000 tom holt is the author of such comic fantasy classics as.
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