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missionary heroes of africa by sarah geraldina stock with seventy-five illustrations and a map second edition published by london missionary society, london, incatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablegilt title block with black lettering on the spinea little fore-edge foxingare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikifrontispiece and 116 photographsour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storebinding: hardcover read morethis is the record of an expedition in to photograph the native tribes of the sudan as a record of "the life of primitive people who will only too probably be a mere memory in a few years' time"please click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitered cloth boards with gilt and black lettering and gilt and black illustrations on the front board204 pages plus catalogue 11 pagesgari-gari the call of the african wilderness - bernatzik hugo adolf - first edition us - henry holt and company, new york - 146pp - 26,5 x 16,5 cm book description: a very good copy in brown cloth with illustrated upper boardin this book there is a full-page map of africa and 22 of the 75 b/w illustrations are full-pagefaded stripe down the right hand side of the front covergilt page edgesall pages are tight and clean and the book is in very good condition
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Jungle pilot the story of nate saint, martyred missionary to ecuador by russell t hitt (paperback, ) delivery uk delivery is usually within 10 to 12 working daysinternational delivery varies by country, please see the wordery store help page for details
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missionary travels and researches in south africa including a sketch of sixteen years residence in the interior of africa - livingstone david - - john murray - 22,5 x 15 x 6 cm book description: 1st edncatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablein fine conditionare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storeix + (publisher's catalogue), illus with folding coloured panorama and 2 other tinted plates, b&w plates incl portrait with tissue-guard, 1 folding map at rear and engravings in text (some light spotting on prelims; no inscriptions)please click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiterebound in recent grey cloth with gilt lettered spine label and new endpapers (fine)
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David livingstone - missionary travels and researches in south africa - with map and illustrations - new edition london maclaren & company - - hardcover in red and gold - size: 20catawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikithe hinges have been strengthened with archival tapeour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storexiv + 447pp + foldout frontis and foldout map at the rear and 24pp b&w platesinternally clean, sound and complete in a tight bindingpictorial red cloth boardsplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitethere are also 15 line illustrations in the text5 cm x 15 cm a new edition of one of the most popular travel works ever published in the english language, written by british victorian hero, david livingstone, explorer extraordinairethe cloth is damp stained, rubbed at the corners and worn ar the head and tail of spinecarefully packaged and shipping with tracking read morename and address of ownership stamped on the ffein the original cloth binding, with a large map at the end
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Oxfam bookshop knutsford paul william harris book examines the career of rufus anderson, the central figure in the formation and implementation of missionary ideology in the middle decades of the nineteenth centurycorresponding secretary of the american board of commissioners for foreign missions from to , anderson effectively set the terms of debate on missionary policy on both sides of the atlantic and indeed long after his deathin telling his story, harris also speaks to basic questions in nineteenth-century american history and in the relationship between american culture and the cultures of what later came to be known as the third worldsee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Oxfam bookshop knutsford during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, american missionary encounters in the middle east set foundations for later ucontributors explain the distinctly american dimensions of these missionary encounters, the cultural influences they exerted on the region, and their consequences for local nationalism, print culture, education, and moresee oxfam website for delivery information read morethis volume focuses on regions that were once part of the ottoman empire in western asia, the balkans, and north africathese engagements prompt larger questions about the consequences of american christian cultural projection into the wider worldmiddle eastern relationsthis is an excellent resource for specialists in history, middle eastern studies, american studies, religious studies, missiology, and anyone interested more broadly in american engagement in the middle eastmissionaries presented examples of american culture to middle eastern peoples, just as they interpreted the middle east for americans back home
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Written by the missionary statesman's son and daughter-in-law, this book is intended for christians whothe answer: a fierce faith that believed god truly would fulfill the promises in his word
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Five sections, 8’3”, rated at #5/6with original sectioned rod bag and original cordura travel casefive piece travel fly rod by greysused, but in absolutely superb condition
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As the new york times carried stories about the ""slow massacre of a race,"" public outrage over this tragedy led to an unprecedented philanthropic crusade spearheaded by near east relief, an organization rooted in protestant missionary endeavors in the near east and dedicated to saving the survivors of the first genocide of the twentieth century5 million armenian men, women, and children died in ottoman turkey, victims of execution, starvation, and death marches to the syrian desertthe book also addresses the armenian aspirations for an independent republic under american auspices; these hopes went unfulfilled in the peacemaking after the war and ended altogether when armenia was absorbed into the soviet unionthe extensive research he embarked upon afterwards revealed not only the scope of the people's hardship and amazing resilience; it located in the american effort to help the armenians a unique perspective on our own nation's experience of the twentieth centurypart of a generation who were admonished as children to ""remember the starving armenians,"" peterson went to armenia in as a peace corps volunteer and became fascinated by the country's troubled historyfirst edition see oxfam website for delivery information read morebetween and as many as 1""starving armenians"" is an eloquent narrative of an all but forgotten part of that experience"" the west gradually began to take noticeoxfam bookshop knutsford the persecution and suffering of the armenian people, a religious and cultural minority in the ottoman empire, reached a peak in the era of world war i at the hands of the turksin ""starving armenians,"" merrill peterson explores the american response to these atrocities, beginning with the initial reports to president wilson from his ambassador to the ottoman empire, henry morgenthau, who described turkey as ""a place of horror
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Are you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikisewn, original decorated coverplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitesibbelee - katjong poetih's thuisreis - amsterdam, van holkema & warendorf [ ppvan soest - 't stuur in handensewn, original decorated coveroriginal decorated cardboard publisher's bindingde man-sonius & mcondition: some scattered light signs of use, but overall in good to very good conditionwith illustrations by jvan der - kitty's leed en vreugdeoriginal decorated clothhorst - van doorn, gerda coriginal decorated cardboard publisher's binding with cloth spineoblong large 8vobroekveld] fromhazevoet - jaap vloog uithaskos vader - de wildernis invan 't hoff, [ ppindra kamodjojo & wim burger (illustrations) - de avonturen van “kantjil”, het stoute dwerghertjerutten-pekelharing - verhalen over indië voor nederlandsche jongens en meisjes2nd edition - delft, wcatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available* exemplary and significant for the dutch perspective on the colony of the dutch east indies between csizes: ranging from cm to cmour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storevan indisch meisjeslevenalbert zaaier - papoea's in de brandingalbert zaaier - pioniers en papoea'sbinding and illustrations by hans borrebachwith illustrations by henk poedercollection of 12 indonesia-related youth books, published between and2nd edition - amsterdam, koninklijke vereeniging koloniaal instituut / jalso remarkable is the relatively high number of titles with a christian (missionary) character* with a loosely inserted necrology of indra kamadjojo [= jwith illustrations by menno van meeteren brouwer - delft, walkmaar, kluitman, [ [unnumbered] ppeen zendingsverhaal - oegstgeest, zendingsbureau [chuisman-schippers - toen go bij oom en tante waseen verhaal uit nieuw-guinee - den haag) - in en buiten zonnelandwith illustrations by menno van meeteren brouwercallenbach - [cveenendaal - nijkerk, ggroningen-batavia, jfine schoonevelt - lambon, het meisje uit de poerioriginal decorated cardboard publisher's bindingmet platen en bandteekening van a
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The memory and monument of one of them is all around me in the school from which i send this forthno jacket, illustrated boards good, some edge and corner wear" and the lord who gave the command fulfilled his promise and was with himsome foxing, particularly near the front of the book and on the page edgesoxfam bookshop carlisle "two men stand out in my friendship as the best i ever knewthat i have painted such a poor picture is a sorrow to mepages good, moderate edge wearthe other was the friend and pupil of the first, and i have here written the story for his lifesee oxfam website for delivery information read morelet those who read these pages see what price one man paid to follow out his lord's command, "go and make disciples of all the nationsbut i have had to work during months of unparalleled and violent change and activity in my own life, which have given no chance of workmanship worthy of my subject
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Once an insecure 16-year-old, he became a missionary statesman who has impacted the world of missions and whose unbending message has touched hungry hearts on every continentoxfam bookshop cheltenham "lord, i'll give myself to speak for youyohannan's passion is contagious and spurs you on to be all for jesus" young yohannan had no idea what those words of surrender would mean for his life and for millions of others in his generationyou'll walk right into the book of actsstep into his story and experience the world through his eyesget ready-your life is about to change! see oxfam website for delivery information read moreand through his telling, you'll hear the very heart of god beating for his creationhe chose to take the road less travelled many years ago, and today gospel for asia, the mission he founded, is one of the most respected organisations in our time with thousands of national workers and vibrant congregations throughout the heart of the window
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However, danger lurks everywhere, and not only from the dinosaurs but from the jealous christian missionary who has accompanied challenger and now seeks to sabotage his effortsprofessor challenger (bob hoskins) has discovered an amazonian plateau where prehistoric life has continued to thrivethe bbc adaptation of sir arthur conan doyle's classic noveleager to explore further, he mounts a fresh expedition and returns to discover not only dinosaurs but also highly-evolved apessee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop carlisle video still sealed
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Holman ruffles more feathers when he falls in love with an american missionary (candice bergen), and as the political climate becomes more and more volatile, he begins to question the validity of the american presence on the riverjames mason plays rommel and the film was one of the first to use original war footage before the opening creditsin 'von ryan's express' (), when us pilot colonel joseph ryan (frank sinatra) is shot down and placed in a german pow camp, he is more concerned with his own survival than escape'the young lions' () follows the fortunes of three soldiers, one german and two americans, from the time of their enlistment for world war two to the end of the warthe film was nominated for three oscarschristian dietl (marlon brando) is a german who starts out as a dedicated soldier but gradually becomes appalled by the nazi movementthe american soldiers (montgomery clift and dean martin) meet as draftees, one a young jew and the other an entertainer, and together endure boot camp and the campaign to retake franceall three characters finally meet in a confrontation outside a concentration camp'the sand pebbles' () is set in china inoxfam shop newquay box set containing five popular war moviesed pell, two pilots with different personalitiesthe top-ranking officer in the camp, he is initially reviled by his fellow british and american prisoners, who nickname him 'von ryan''the hunters' () is based on the novel by james salterrobert mitchum plays major cleve saville and robert wagner is ltamidst the drama of war, romance rears its head, giving the soldiers more than they can handlefinally, 'the desert fox' () is a biopic of field marshal rommel, from his military defeat in africa to his implication in the plot to assassinate hitlerthe us gunboat san pablo cruises the yangtze river on a peacekeeping mission and new crew member jake holman (steve mcqueen) causes friction when he insists upon looking after the san pablo's engines himself, rather than leaving the hard labour to the chinese helperssee oxfam website for delivery information read moremason also played rommel in the film 'the desert rats'however, ryan eventually comes to lead them in a daring escape attempt, taking over from the commanding british officer (trevor howard) and the escapees face many hazards as they commandeer a train to make their way across italy, closely followed by the nazis
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Pages tanned, colour map presentoxfam bookshop hove used goodbumped and rubbed, small loss to bottom of spinesee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Oxfam bookshop aberystwythhardback with dust coversee oxfam website for delivery information read moredust cover is frayed around the edges, slight mould marks on coverotherwise good condition
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Catawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storeplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitethe 1st edition in the original binding, complete with all (folding) illustrations and the 2 folding maps, including the often missing map (rear pocket) of the livingstone routebinding is damaged / loose and spine lacks a few pieces, binding threads are bad, pages / quires are loose, bookbinder's sticker on the inside of the back cover, interior is slightly discoloured / occasional foxingcondition: in need of restorationregistered shipping
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David livingstone: missionary travels and researches in south africacatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablelayard: discoveries in the ruins of nineveh and babylonsir ernest shackleton: south the story of shackleton's last exprdition care you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikibrowne: a year amongst the persiansour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storefrederick courteney selous: travel and adventure in south-east africapeary: the north polelaurence oliphant: a journey to katmanducarl bock: the head-hunters of borneospeke: journal of the discovery of the source of the nile mdccclxiiplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteedward whymper: amongst the alps in the yearhenry savage landor: in the forbidden land an account of a journey in tibetcaptain sir richard fthe fifteen books are reprints made inburton: first footsteps in east africa or an exploration of harar two volumesgeorge barrington: an account of a voyage to new south walesdu chaillu: explorations & adventures in equatorial africa
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When biochemist christophe hardy discovers the conspiracy, he finds himself caught up in a chase which starts in beijing and ends in northumbria involving animal rights activists, a beautiful female missionary, high-society chinese assassins, and the world most innovative catering venture, the pu dong pudding companyin london an urgent cull is underway, spearheaded by frank smith, the young master of the hyde park huntoxfam bookshop ipswich a virulent disease carried by foxes is spreading across europesee oxfam website for delivery information read morebut for britain's paranoid prime minister, fox flu is a chance to foist the ultimate in surveillance technology on an unsuspecting population: the mulberry tree system, secretly bought from the chinese
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Oxfam bookshop st albans the heroic story of gladys aylward, a parlourmaid who became a missionarysee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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She was much more rooted in southern africa than her husband: he has a tomb in westminster abbey, london; she has an obscure and crumbling grave on the banks of the zambezi in a destitute region of mozambiqueshe was the first white woman to cross the kalahari, which she did twice - pregnant - giving birth in the bush on the second journeyoxfam shop dumfries this is the enthralling story of an extraordinary and courageous womanin the thrall of africa, the author has travelled extensively over several years in the footsteps of mary livingstone, from her birthplace in a remote district of south africa to her grave on the zambeziyet she played an important role in livingstone's success and her own feats as an early traveller in uncharted africa are uniqueher bravery, stoicism and african upbringing were critical to the early career of world-renowned explorer and missionary, david livingstoneshe explores the places the livingstones knew as a couple and, above all, explores the detail of the life and family of this little-known figure in british - but not african - historysee oxfam website for delivery information read morein the history books, mary livingstone is a shadow in the blaze of her husband's sun, a whisper in the thunderclap of his reputation
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They have grown old with the new india; some have become indian citizens; they will not come 'home,' as they still call the uk3 billion, of whom not more than 20 or so are britishers who were born there under the raj and never went home after independence; a tea planter, a missionary, a businessman ('boxwallah'), a tiger hunter, a taxidermist, an expert on the anglo-indian language and a soldier, amongst othersthe population of india today is 1nevertheless, they remember the raj and, essentially, how their working lives passed on a british legacy which has contributed to the character of india today - its language, its christian faith, its economy and tourism, its armed forces and its ethnic minority of anglo-indianshugh purcell travelled round india and recorded the memories of a dying race that will evoke the memories of thousands of people who have a family connection with the rajsee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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From christopher columbus to lesser-known figures such as the huguenot missionary jean de léry, this anthology brings together first-hand accounts of places connected by the atlantic, pacific, and indian oceansaided by the invention of the printing press in europe, travelers were able to spread their accounts to wider audiences than ever beforeunlike other collections, travel narratives from the age of discovery offers a global view of travel at a crucial stage in world, and human, history, with accounts written by non-european authors, including two new translationsoxfam bookshop wallingford the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries ushered in a new era of discovery as explorers traversed the globe, returning home with vivid tales of distant lands and exotic peoplesincluded here are the mughal emperor babur's first thoughts of india upon establishing his empire there, the chinese chronicler ma huan's report detailing chinese travel to the middle east during the fifteenth century, and an account of africa written by the man known as leo africanuswritten by authors from spain, france, italy, england, china, and north africa describing locations that range from brazil to canada, china to virginia, and angola to vietnam, these accounts provided crucial insight into unfamiliar cultures and environments, and also betrayed the prejudices of their own societies, revealing as much about the observers themselves as they did about faraway landsin travel narratives from the age of discovery, historian peter cin addition to these travel narratives, this anthology features rare pictures from sixteenth-century printed books, including images of brazil, roanoke, guiana, and india, which, together with the accounts themselves, provide a detailed understanding of the many ways in which fifteenth and sixteenth century travelers and readers imagined other worlds see oxfam website for delivery information read moremancall has compiled some of the most important travel accounts of this era
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In chapters of the mass and the sacraments, the priesthood, the new catechisms, ecumenism, "why are catholics confused?" "the new priests," "tradition?" "the mass of all time," etc, he gives examples to support his underlying thesis: that vatican ii was used by concealed modernists as their opportunity to take the leadoxfam bookshop preston archbishop lefebvre presents his apologia, and asks both friends and enemies to read what he actually sayssome very light shelf-wear to the paperback cover, but pages are clean, white and undamaged throughoutthis is a major study of the crisis in catholic belief and practicethe archbishop writes with the authority of an outstanding missionary: superior-general, apostolic delegate to french-speaking africa, and member of the preparatory commission for the councilsee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Complete with frontispiece, engraving on title page, 4 engravings and map wikipedia: david livingstone (blantyre near glasgow, 19 march - chitambo on lake bangweulum, 1 may ) was a scottish missionary and one of the most famous explorers in livingstone headed north from cape town towards the makololo settlement of linyanti (now in northern botswana)catawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiin september livingstone retraced the journey back, but it took almost a year before he reached linyanti againour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storehe gave him a group of 27 makololos to accompany him on his journeydavid livingstone - the life and explorations of david livingstone - london, adam & company, not dated ( pp - cm condition: goodjust like his father, he showed himself very friendly towards livingstonehere he arrived in portuguese territory (angola) and came into contact with the slave trade for the first timelivingstone left upstream on the zambezi in januaryplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteafter following the zambezi almost as far as the source, he headed west towards the coastin original gilt-decorated hardcoverbookblock slightly loose after first quireit filled him with disgustafter a journey of km through largely unknown territory, livingstone reached luanda where the he was warmly received by the portuguesethere he met the new king, sekeletu, son of sebituane
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The missionary explorer - jcatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablegilt title and vignette of livingstone on spineare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikino foxing, aside from the end papers and otherwise just occasional tanned marksour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storepublisher's brown cloth boards with gilt titles and decoration including gilt vignette of a lion with floral frame on front boardbook dimensions: 19 x 13cm & number of pages: 320plates are brightit was intended to provide a condensed account of his life for those unfamiliar with the newspaper accounts and those published by the national geographic societyplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteminor wear to spine ends and boards’ cornersillustrated with portrait frontispiece of drlivingstone and other sephia paint illustrationsall pages are cleanrobertson - walter scott - 19 x 13 cm - 320pp this biography was published a year after david livingstone’s deathcondition solid and firm boardsthe life and explorations of david livingstone, llpublished by walter scott
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Philips, original german missionary authors were batholomaeus ziegenbalg and ernst grundlerfront board detached but presentprefaced by a message 'to the king' from mr' philips as the glorious defender of the protestant faith that the missionaries were 'recommending to the heathens' see oxfam website for delivery information read moreinternally some tanning and foxing but overall clean and unmarked throughouttranslated from high dutch by mrowners name in ink on front free endpaperan amazing 200 year old survivorfront free endpaper also detached but rest of text block including flyleaf and half title are bound inoxfam bookshop thame full leather binding, five raised bands and gilt decoration to spineleather worn, cracked to spine but binding still solid and tight
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Born into a working-class family in yorkshire, hinsley was ordained for the diocese of leeds in and proceeded to hold important posts in rome, where he restored the fortunes of the venerable english college, and africa, where he successfully promoted catholic education and missionary activitysee oxfam website for delivery information read moreto his surprise, he was appointed archbishop of westminster in and had to deal with governments not always sympathetic to the catholic community's demand for equalityperhaps his most surprising initiative was support for the ecumenical sword of the spirit movement, an attempt to reach out to other christian denominations in a crusade to restore christian ideals in public lifeoxfam shop colne road in this first major biography of cardinal arthur hinsley, james hagerty traces the life and ministry of one of the most popular english churchmen of the twentieth centurythough a supporter of franco's spain, he ferociously condemned nazism and fascism during the second world war and castigated those italian cardinals who favoured mussolinihe had also to address social and economic issues which affected his church, and lead an episcopal bench which included experienced bishops who were intensely jealous of their diocesan jurisdictionshis time at westminster coincided with a turbulent period in european and global politics
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Lean's most important screenwriting collaborator, robert bolt, in fact wrotethe mission, which concerns a jesuit missionary (jeremy irons) who establishes a church in the hostile jungles of brazil and then finds his work threatened by greed and political forces among his superiorsroland joffé (the killing fields) directs this fuzzy effort at a david lean-like epic without david lean's sense of emotional proportion