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Memoirs of the Empress Josephine, Vol. 2 of 2 by Madame de (Claire Elisabeth Jeanne Gravier de Vergennes) Rémusat
epub |eng | 2021-02-24 | Author:Madame de (Claire Elisabeth Jeanne Gravier de Vergennes) Rémusat [Rémusat, Madame de]

* * * CHAPTER XXIV (1807.) MEANWHILE the severity of winter gradually lessened in Poland, and everything indicated a renewal of hostilities. The bulletin of the 16th of May informed ...
( Category: France February 27,2023 )
Memories of an S.O.E. Historian by M. R. D. Foot
epub |eng | 2009-04-29 | Author:M. R. D. Foot [Foot, M. R. D.]

CHAPTER 5 Ructions At the end of the 1950s my marriage to Pip broke up. I remained passionately interested in having children; she turned out not to be able to ...
( Category: United States February 27,2023 )
Memories of the Russian Court by Anna Viroubova
epub |eng | 2017-10-06 | Author:Anna Viroubova [Viroubova, Anna]

1 This is the same Cyril Vladimirovitch who has recently proclaimed himself “Head of the Romanoff Family and Guardian of the Throne.” CHAPTER XV IN anxiety almost unbearable we waited ...
( Category: Russia February 27,2023 )
Memoir of Col. Thomas Knowlton, of Ashford, Connecticut by Ashbel Woodward
epub |eng | 2021-08-31 | Author:Ashbel Woodward [Woodward, Ashbel]

KEY TO THE BATTLE AT BUNKER’S HILL. KEY TO THE BATTLE AT BUNKER’S HILL. No. 1. General Israel Putnam was born in Salem, Massachusetts, 7th January, 1718; he was married ...
( Category: Army February 27,2023 )
Major McKinley by William H. Armstrong
epub |eng | 2000-01-15 | Author:William H. Armstrong [Armstrong, William H.]

McKinley was initiated into Masonry at Hiram Lodge No. 21, Free and Accepted Masons, in Winchester. The activities of the Winchester lodge had been interrupted during the war, but after ...
( Category: American Civil War February 27,2023 )
The Man Who Had Been King by Patricia Tyson Stroud
epub |eng | 2014-01-28 | Author:Patricia Tyson Stroud [Stroud, Patricia Tyson]

30. Ferdinand VII by Francisco de Goya y Lucientes, c. 1814. Oil on canvas. Prado Museum, Madrid. Scala/Art Resource, NY. But indulgent and affectionate a father as he was, Joseph ...
( Category: France February 27,2023 )
Lt. Spalding in Civil War Louisiana by Michael D. Pierson
epub |eng | 2016-11-02 | Author:Michael D. Pierson [Pierson, Michael D.]

6 FACING DEATH Spalding and the Unfunny Joke Yesterday I was sitting in my room, thinking over the mutability of all things human, and making myself as miserable as the ...
( Category: American Civil War February 27,2023 )
Lost Voices of the Edwardians by Max Arthur
epub |eng | 2009-04-17 | Author:Max Arthur [Arthur, Max]

Rose Trinder We all had our districts, and the very fact that you lived at New Cross meant you were someone better than people who lived in Deptford. I mean, ...
( Category: Historical February 27,2023 )
M*A*S*H Vietnam by Lorna Griess
epub |eng | 2018-11-03 | Author:Lorna Griess [Griess, Lorna]

Hong Kong Chapter 13 New Quarters It’s hard to believe, but I was glad to be back in this place I called home. After dinner, I unpacked my clothes and ...
( Category: Vietnam War February 27,2023 )
Lightning in the Sky by Carl Mann
epub |eng | 2016-11-11 | Author:Carl Mann [Mann, Carl]

CHAPTER 15—The Outside Loop LIEUTENANT JAMES H. DOOLITTLE acquired a host of friends in South America on that first trip. But he could acquire a host of friends in any ...
( Category: Historical February 26,2023 )
Lionel Morris and the Red Baron by Jill Bush
epub |eng | 2019-04-30 | Author:Jill Bush [Bush, Jill]

Chapter 13 A Plucky Observer On 31 July 1916 General Trenchard’s world very nearly turned upside down, according to Maurice Baring: ‘As we were coming back from the Chief’s house, ...
( Category: Historical February 26,2023 )
Life of a Sailor by Frederick Chamier
epub |eng | 2011-05-23 | Author:Frederick Chamier [Chamier, Frederick]

8. Looking for American privateers we land at Fernando de Noronha. We sail for America where we ruin, rob, and burn. NOW WE WERE designated as part of a ‘flying ...
( Category: Navy February 26,2023 )
The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte. Vol. 3 (of 4) by William Milligan Sloane
epub |eng | 2016-02-25 | Author:William Milligan Sloane [Sloane, William Milligan]

CHAPTER XVI. Aspern, Essling, and Wagram.[31] The Marchfeld — Tactics of the Two Armies — The Battle in Aspern and Essling — The Indecisive Result — Napoleon's Retreat — Character ...
( Category: France February 26,2023 )
Life of Napoleon Bonaparte, Volume V. by Walter Scott
epub |eng | 2016-11-03 | Author:Walter Scott [Scott, Walter]

"'Supposing the British government should be induced to grant a passport for Buonaparte's going to America, what pledge could he give that he would not return, and put England, as ...
( Category: France February 26,2023 )
Life of Napoleon Bonaparte, Volume III. by Walter Scott
epub |eng | 2021-02-24 | Author:Walter Scott [Scott, Walter]

CAPITALISTS—MANUFACTURES. On the other hand, capitalists, who had sums invested in the public funds, or who were concerned with the extensive and beneficial contracts for the equipment and supply of ...
( Category: France February 26,2023 )

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