The Little Prince

Author: Antoine De Saint-Exupéry

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  • : $19.99 AUD
  • : 9780603572821
  • : Egmont Books Ltd.
  • : Egmont Books Ltd.
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  • : April 2016
  • : 198mm X 126mm
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  • : Antoine De Saint-Exupéry
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  • : Paperback
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Little Prince

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Antoine De Saint-Exupery was born in 1900 in Lyon. In 1921, he began his training as a pilot By 1926, he had became one of the pioneers of international postal flight. In 1945 he embarked on a record-breaking attempt to fly from Paris to Saigon. Nineteen hours into the flight, his plane crashed in the Sahara desert. He survived the crash but spent three days battling dehydration, limited food and hallucinations. On the fourth day, the was rescued. In part, this experience was the inspiration for 'The Little Prince'. He continued to fly until World War II, during which he took self-imposed exile.