Whoever wrote a "Little Prince", spent his childhood in an environment similar to the life of the royal person.Antoine de Saint-Exupéry was born in the family of Count and spent his childhood in an old castle, the walls of which were built in the thirteenth century.Here, in the early twentieth century, he moved his widowed mother and five children.Despite some dilapidated castle bears traces of the centuries-old history and luxury.
Tonio (as they called the boy in the family) together with his brothers ran around the huge halls, decorated with armor and tapestries, but most of all he loved to walk around with a forester on a huge park and tinker with different animals.He had a governess, domestic celebrations with dancing in ancient costumes and universal love, which is a small graph with golden hair reciprocated.
But to live completely carefree future author of the work "The Little Prince" for a long time could not.His father died when Antoine was four years, the estate was unprofitable, so at the age of seventeen he began to serve in aviation in Strasbourg.Before becoming a military, Tonio suffered a heavy loss - the death of his beloved brother.In general, in the life of this extraordinary man had a lot of bumps and falls in the literal and figurative sense of the word.
After military service, he who wrote a "Little Prince", was immersed in a series of setbacks.He failed the admission to the Naval Academy, lived on the money sent by her mother.In the end, Antoine, whose ancestors were the archbishops and generals, became a salesman, despite his aversion to this profession.From gray life was saved by being able to fly.He was hired by the company "Lakoeter", where he showed himself as fiercely brave pilot and selfless person, for which he was awarded the Legion of Honor.
Whoever wrote a "Little Prince" looked in the eyes of a magician.After Antoine de Saint-Exupery became a famous writer (novel "zip South") and left the aircraft, he became involved in charity, for there were decent fees.Antoine is very fond of children and adults, t. To. He was kind and good judge of character.In addition, the writer was a skilled magician, and as they say, a hypnotist.
We know that the one who wrote a "Little Prince", participated in the Second World War with its very first days.He flew on a whim, and his absent-mindedness was legendary.Count Antoine de Saint-Exupery could go to a combat aircraft with a book in his hands - and the staff was afraid that he did not stop it in time to read.The pilot made sure that he was allowed to fly to the area Annessi where he once lived in their ancient castle.And one of the flight, he did not come back, it was in July 1944.Only in 2000, found his plane, and the German pilot, who lived to 88 years, admitted that it was he shot down the writer.
Everyone should read the book "The Little Prince."The meaning of the product is so versatile that anyone will find in it something important for yourself.Not for nothing because "The Little Prince", written decades ago, long ago dismantled quotes and still excites the minds and feelings of people.
