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By: Philip Henry Sheridan (1831-1888) | |
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The Memoirs of General Philip H. Sheridan, Volume I., Part 1 |
By: Philippe-Paul Ségur (1780-1873) | |
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The Two Great Retreats of History |
By: Pierre Loti (1850-1923) | |
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War
Pierre Loti [Julien Viaud] (1850-1923) was a French naval officer and novelist. The present book is one of his few works of non-fiction, a small collection of letters and diary entries that describe his views and experiences in the wars and military operations in which he participated. Besides World War I, he also sheds light upon his views and involvement in the preparations for the Turkish Revolution of 1923, for which until today a famous hill and popular café in Istanbul are named after him. | |
By: Prescott Holmes | |
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Young Peoples' History of the War with Spain |
By: Prosper Mérimée (1803-1870) | |
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How The Redoubt Was Taken 1896 |
By: R. B. Haldane (Richard Burdon Haldane) Haldane (1856-1928) | |
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Before the War |
By: R. Cross | |
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The Voyage of the Oregon from San Francisco to Santiago in 1898 |
By: R. Hugh (Reginald Hugh) Knyvett (-1918) | |
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"Over There" with the Australians |
By: R. Lewis | |
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Over the top with the 25th Chronicle of events at Vimy Ridge and Courcellette |
By: R. Thurston (Robert Thurston) Hopkins (1884-1958) | |
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War and the Weird |
By: R. W. Campbell | |
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The Kangaroo Marines |
By: Rafael Sabatini (1875-1950) | |
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Mistress Wilding |
By: Ralph Bignell Ainsworth | |
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The Story of the 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry France, April 1915-November 1918 |
By: Ralph Connor (1860-1937) | |
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The Sky Pilot in No Man's Land |
By: Ralph Scott | |
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Soldier's Diary
This 1923 memoir of a World War I soldier is a well written much respected first-hand account of the brutal fighting in the last year of the war. - Summary by David Wales |
By: Ralph W. Bell | |
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Canada in War-Paint
There is no attempt made in the little sketches which this book contains to deal historically with events of the war. It is but a small Souvenir de la guerre—a series of vignettes of things as they struck me at the time, and later. I have written of types, not of individuals, and less of action than of rest. The horror of war at its worst is fit subject for a master hand alone. - Summary by the author, Capt. Ralph W. Bell |
By: Randall Garrett (1927-1987) | |
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The Highest Treason
Set in a future in which humanity’s dream of total equality is fully realized and poverty in terms of material wealth has been eliminated, humanity has straight-jacketed itself into the only social system which could make this possible. Class differentiation is entirely horizontal rather than vertical and no matter what one’s chosen field, all advancement is based solely on seniority rather than ability. What is an intelligent and ambitious man to do when enslaved by a culture that forbids him from utilizing his God-given talents? If he’s a military officer in time of war, he might just decide to switch sides... | |
The Destroyers |
By: Randall Parrish (1858-1923) | |
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The Devil's Own A Romance of the Black Hawk War | |
Bob Hampton of Placer |
By: Reginald Grant | |
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S.O.S. Stand to! |
By: Richard Dehan (1863-1932) | |
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The Dop Doctor |
By: Richard Haigh (1895-) | |
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Life in a Tank
Richard Haigh was an Infantry lieutenant in the 2nd Royal Berkshire Infantry Regiment serving in the Somme area in 1916. Shortly after Tanks were first used in battle in September of 1916 the British Army asked for volunteers, Lieutenant Haigh signed up and was accepted in December of 1916. He describes the training and actions he participated in until the war ended in 1918. He was awarded MC in 1916 as Lt. (acting Capt.) Richard Haigh, Royal Berkshire Regiment. He was commissioned from the RMC (Sandhurst) to the Berkshires 16th Feb 1915; on resigning his commission in 1919, he joined the General Reserve of Officers. |
By: Richard Harding Davis (1864-1916) | |
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Notes of a War Correspondent
Experiences and observations of the journalist in the Cuban-Spanish War, the Greek-Turkish War, the Spanish-American War, the South African War, and the Japanese-Russian War, accompanied by "A War Correspondent’s Kit." | |
With the French in France and Salonika | |
With the Allies |
By: Richard Joseph Beamish (1879-) | |
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History of the World War, Vol. 3 |
By: Richard M. McMurry | |
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Road Past Kennesaw: The Atlanta Campaign Of 1864
“…there can be little doubt that the Federal drive on Atlanta, launched in May 1864, was the beginning of the end for the Southern Confederacy…. The Atlanta Campaign had an importance reaching beyond the immediate military and political consequences. It was conducted in a manner that helped establish a new mode of warfare. From beginning to end, it was a railroad campaign, in that a major transportation center was the prize for which the contestants vied, and both sides used rail lines to marshal, shift, and sustain their forces…... |
By: Richard Wayne Lykes | |
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Campaign For Petersburg
In the American Civil War the Union victory in the ten-month campaign for the city of Petersburg, Virginia , led directly to the surrender of the Confederacy within two weeks. This 1970 National Park Service booklet tells the story of the campaign. It focuses on the meaning of the campaign and the experience of the soldiers of both sides, with a minimum of references to military units. The listener to this recording may want to view the printed booklet for excellent maps and revealing photographs. - Summary by david wales |
By: Ring Lardner (1885-1933) | |
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The Real Dope |
By: Robert Derby Holmes | |
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A Yankee in the Trenches |
By: Robert Edward Lee (1807-1870) | |
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Recollections and Letters of General Robert E. Lee |
By: Robert Granville Campbell | |
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Neutral Rights and Obligations in the Anglo-Boer War |
By: Robert Henry Reece (1889-) | |
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Night Bombing with the Bedouins |
By: Robert Herrick (1868-1938) | |
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The World Decision |
By: Robert James Cressman | |
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Infamous Day: Marines At Pearl Harbor 7 December 1941
Historical overview and personal reminiscences published in 1992. Pearl Harbor attack 7 December 1941. Part of U.S. Government U.S. Marine Corps World War II Commemorative Series. - Summary by David Wales |
By: Robert James Manion (1881-1943) | |
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Surgeon In Arms
Robert James Manion was a Canadian doctor who volunteered in the Canadian medical corps during World War I. This book is his memoir of the war. After the war he entered politics and served in several Canadian governments. The listener may note a lack of mention of the United States soldier; this is because the memoir was written before the entry of that country into the war. - Summary by David Wales |
By: Robert Louis Stevenson | |
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The Black Arrow; a Tale of Two Roses
The Black Arrow tells the story of Richard (Dick) Shelton during the Wars of the Roses: how he becomes a knight, rescues his lady Joanna Sedley, and obtains justice for the murder of his father, Sir Harry Shelton. Outlaws in Tunstall Forest organized by Ellis Duckworth, whose weapon and calling card is a black arrow, cause Dick to suspect that his guardian Sir Daniel Brackley and his retainers are responsible for his father’s murder. Dick’s suspicions are enough to turn Sir Daniel against him, so he has no recourse but to escape from Sir Daniel and join the outlaws of the Black Arrow against him... |
By: Robert Maitland | |
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The Boy Scout Automobilists or, Jack Danby in the Woods |
By: Robert Michael Ballantyne (1825-1894) | |
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In the Track of the Troops |
By: Robert Sidney Bowen (1900-1977) | |
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Dave Dawson on Guadalcanal
One of a series of youth-oriented adventure books set in contemporary WWII era, featuring fictional American flying ace, Dave Dawson. |
By: Robert Stafford Arthur Palmer (1888-1916) | |
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Letters from Mesopotamia in 1915 and January, 1916, from Robert Palmer, who was killed in the Battle of Um El Hannah, June 21, 1916, aged 27 years |
By: Robert Valentine Dolbey (1878-1937) | |
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Sketches of the East Africa Campaign |
By: Robert W. Chambers (1865-1933) | |
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Barbarians | |
Lorraine A romance | |
The Maids of Paradise |
By: Roger Casement (1864-1916) | |
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The Crime Against Europe A Possible Outcome of the War of 1914 |
By: Romain Rolland (1866-1944) | |
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Pierre and Luce
Pierre and Luce were an unlikely young pair who found themselves in the chaos of Paris during the war; Pierre, the shy, recently conscripted pacifist, and Luce, the free spirited artist in training, and both confused about the things going on around them. Why were these war birds flying overhead? Why these warning sirens, and occasional bombs exploding in the distance? Why did the government leaders, who didn't even know one another, hate and destroy so much? Why did these two delicate young adults find each other now? This story takes place between January 30 and Good Friday, May 29, 1918. (Introduction by Roger Melin) |
By: Ross Kay | |
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Fighting in France |
By: Rudyard Kipling | |
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The Light that Failed
This novel, first published in 1890, follows the life of Dick Heldar, a painter. Most of the novel is set in London, but many important events throughout the story occur in Sudan or India. It was made into a 1916 film with Jose Collins and a 1939 film by Paramount starring Ronald Colman. | |
The Brushwood Boy
The experiences in public school, Sandhurst and military life in India of Major George Cottar together with his adventures in the dream world he discovers and frequents. | |
Sea Warfare | |
France At War: On the Frontier of Civilization
In 1915, as the "Great War" (World War 1) entered its second year Rudyard Kipling made a journalistic tour of the front, visiting French armed forces. By then he was already winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature (the first writer in English to be so honoured). He published his observations in articles in the Daily Telegraph in England, and in the New York Sun. At that stage of the war nationalistic sentiments were running high but the true cost of war was beginning to be understood "at home"... | |
The Eyes of Asia |
By: Rupert Hughes (1872-1956) | |
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The Cup of Fury A Novel of Cities and Shipyards |
By: Ruth Pierce | |
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Trapped in 'Black Russia' Letters June-November 1915 |
By: Ruth Royce | |
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The Children of France A Book of Stories of the Heroism and Self-sacrifice of Youthful Patriots of France During the Great War |
By: Rutherford George Montgomery (1896-) | |
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A Yankee Flier Over Berlin |
By: S. (Sarah) Macnaughtan (1864-1916) | |
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My War Experiences in Two Continents |
By: S. E. (Samuel E.) Chapman | |
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Doctor Jones' Picnic |
By: S. J. Wilson | |
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The Seventh Manchesters July 1916 to March 1919 |
By: Saki | |
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When William Came
We have had many novels about alternate histories, often of the ‘What would have happened if Hitler had won the war’ type and this is another – except that this one is set in 1913 and the ‘William’ of the title is that old bogeyman ‘Kaiser Bill’. For some reason, at the height of Britain’s power, the fear of invasion was common at that time. (See ‘The Riddle of the Sands’, ‘The Battle of Dorking’, ‘Spies of the Kaiser’ or even ‘The War of the Worlds’)WARNING:- Contains mild anti-semitism and jingoism typical of the period |
By: Sarah Morgan Dawson (1842-1909) | |
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A Confederate Girl's Diary
Sarah Morgan Dawson was a young woman of 20 living in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, when she began this diary. The American Civil War was raging. Though at first the conflict seemed far away, it would eventually be brought home to her in very personal terms. Her family's loyalties were divided. Sarah's father, though he disapproved of secession, declared for the South when Louisiana left the Union. Her eldest brother, who became the family patriarch when his father died in 1861, was for the Union, though he refused to take up arms against his fellow Southerners... |
By: Sewell Ford (1868-1946) | |
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Torchy and Vee |
By: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859-1930) | |
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The Adventures of Gerard
These lesser known stories were penned by Conan Doyle during the period between killing off Sherlock Holmes in 1893 and reluctantly resurrecting him some ten years later. The swashbuckling, eponymous hero, Etienne Gerard, is one of Napoleon's gallant French Hussars, who considers himself the finest of them all. Through these "Boys Own Adventures", Conan Doyle pokes gentle fun at both the French and the English. This is the second volume containing eight adventures. | |
The White Company
Set during the Hundred Years’ War with France, The White Company tells the story of a young Saxon man who is learning what it is to be a knight. Raised by Cistercian Monks and rejected by a violent elder brother, Alleyn Edricson takes service with one of the foremost knights in the country. When Alleyn falls in love with the knight’s daughter, he must prove himself to be a courageous and honourable knight before he can win her hand. Alleyn and his friends set forth with the other men-at-arms to join Prince Edward in Bordeaux, from where they will take part in the Prince’s campaign into Spain... | |
Visit to Three Fronts: June 1916
In the course of May 1916, the Italian authorities expressed a desire that some independent observer from Great Britain should visit their lines and report his impressions. It was at the time when our brave and capable allies had sustained a set-back in the Trentino owing to a sudden concentration of the Austrians, supported by very heavy artillery. I was asked to undertake this mission. In order to carry it out properly, I stipulated that I should be allowed to visit the British lines first, so that I might have some standard of comparison... | |
The Great Boer War | |
The War in South Africa Its Cause and Conduct | |
Green Flag and Other Stories of War and Sport
Arthur Conan Doyle was deeply affected by the many wars fought during his lifetime. As many other writers, he used the material for short stories, a collection of which is presented here. |
By: Sir Edward Shepherd Creasy (1812-1878) | |
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Fifteen Decisive Battles of the World
This work is Edward Creasy's best known fundamental work of history. It describes in detail 15 battles of world history, beginning with the Battle of Marathon of 490 BC and ending with the Battle of Waterloo of 1815. Each chapter is illustrated with rich historical detail and a timeline of events. |
By: Sir Stephen King-Hall | |
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Diary of a U-boat Commander
The infamous U boats deployed by Germany in the two World Wars have spawned several works of fiction and non-fiction. These deadly vessels were not just efficient and lethal killing machines, but they were also used very effectively in economic blockades. They were positioned primarily to obstruct the conveyance of fuel, food and other essential supplies which the enemy needed to sustain the war effort. In the Diary of a U Boat Commander, the author, Stephen King-Hall draws upon his vast personal experiences as a naval officer in World War I... |
By: Spenser Wilkinson (1853-1937) | |
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Britain at Bay | |
Lessons of the War Being Comments from Week to Week to the Relief of Ladysmith |
By: Stapleton Martin (1846-1922) | |
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Anna Seward and Classic Lichfield |
By: Stéphane Lauzanne (1874-) | |
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Fighting France |
By: Stephen Crane (1871-1900) | |
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The Red Badge of Courage
The Red Badge of Courage is a fiction that tells the story of a soldier named Henry Fleming during the American Civil War. The novel gained widespread praise from critics and was also a commercial success shortly after its release and made Stephen Crane an instant celebrity at the young age of 24. In the novel, Henry was one of the enlisted soldiers in the 304th New York Regiment. He flees from battle in one of the skirmishes they had against the Confederates and to hide his cowardice, he attempted to inflict a wound to himself which is referred to as the “red badge of courage... |
By: Steve Rohrer | |
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Project Trinity 1945-1946 |
By: Stuart Walcott (1896-1917) | |
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Above the French Lines
A collection of letters written by Stuart Walcott while training to be an aviator in France to prepare for combat. Walcott died in his first aerial combat after first downing a German bi-plane. - Summary by KevinS |
By: Susan Glaspell (1876-1948) | |
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Visioning , A Novel
"The Visioning, Susan Glaspell's second novel, tells about Katie Jones, a young woman who lives in the comfortable world she knows with a charming circle of friends. Her brother is an army officer, and her uncle lives in Washington. The world she knows is the world they let her see. Until Anne comes into the picture. Katie saves Anne from killing herself. Katie invents a story about Anne, a story which suits Katie's world, but what would she do, and feel, when she discovers the truth? The story focuses around Katie's eye opening experiences and her search for place and meaning in the new world she slowly discovers... |
By: Susan Warner (1819-1885) | |
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Wych Hazel |
By: Sydney George Fisher (1856-1927) | |
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The American Revolution and the Boer War, An Open Letter to Mr. Charles Francis Adams on His Pamphlet "The Confederacy and the Transvaal" |
By: T. C. (Thomas Charles) Bridges (1868-) | |
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On Land and Sea at the Dardanelles |
By: T. G. (Theophilus Gould) Steward (1843-1924) | |
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The Colored Regulars in the United States Army |
By: Talbot Mundy (1879 -1940) | |
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King of the Khyber Rifles
Athelstan King is a British Secret Agent stationed in India at the beginning of WWI. He is attached to the Khyber Rifles regiment as a cover, but his real job is to prevent a holy war. "To stop a holy war single-handed would be rather like stopping the wind--possibly easy enough, if one knew the way." King is ordered to work with a mysterious and powerful Eastern woman, Yasmini. Can King afford to trust her? Can he afford not to? (Introduction by Brett W. Downey) | |
Hira Singh : when India came to fight in Flanders |
By: Taylor H. Greenfield | |
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The Sword and the Atopen |
By: Temple Bailey (-1953) | |
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The Tin Soldier |
By: Theodore Paullin | |
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Introduction to Non-Violence |
By: Theodore Roosevelt (1858-1919) | |
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The Naval War of 1812
Somewhat detailed history of naval engagements between the United States and England during the War of 1812, from a decidely American perspective. Completed by the author as a young man at age 24. After 120 years, it remains a standard study of the war. |
By: Theodore Sutro (1845-1927) | |
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Thirteen Chapters of American History represented by the Edward Moran series of Thirteen Historical Marine Paintings |
By: Thomas E. Taylor | |
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Running the Blockade
The first-person experiences and adventures of blockade runner during the American civil war. - Summary by Delmar H. Dolbier |
By: Thomas Erskine Holland (1835-1926) | |
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Letters to "The Times" upon War and Neutrality (1881-1920) |
By: Thomas Hardy (1840-1928) | |
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The Trumpet-Major
Our heroine, Anne Garland, lives quietly in a rural community deep in the English countryside. However, the arrival of several regiments preparing for an expected invasion brings colour and chaos to the county. A graceful and charming young woman, Anne is pursued by three suitors: John Loveday, the trumpet-major in a British regiment, honest and loyal; his brother Robert, a merchant seaman and womaniser, and Festus Derriman, the cowardly son of the local squire. Set at the time of the Napoleonic wars, this is the author’s only historical novel, and unusually for Hardy’s stories, most of the characters live happily ever after. |
By: Thomas Herbert Russell (1862-1947) | |
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America's War for Humanity |
By: Thomas Hope Floyd (1896-1973) | |
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At Ypres with Best-Dunkley |
By: Thomas Owen Marden (1866-) | |
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A Short History of the 6th Division Aug. 1914-March 1919 |
By: Thomas Wentworth Higginson | |
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Army Life in a Black Regiment
These pages record some of the adventures of the First South Carolina Volunteers, the first slave regiment mustered into the service of the United States during the late civil war. It was, indeed, the first colored regiment of any kind so mustered, except a portion of the troops raised by Major-General Butler at New Orleans. These scarcely belonged to the same class, however, being recruited from the free colored population of that city, a comparatively self-reliant and educated race. (From the text) |
By: Thorstein Veblen (1857-1929) | |
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An Inquiry Into The Nature Of Peace And The Terms Of Its Perpetuation |
By: Tobias Smollett (1721-1771) | |
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Adventures of Roderick Random
I am Roderick Random. This is the contemporary story of my struggle against the adversity of orphan-hood, poverty, press gangs, bloody duels, rival fortune hunters, and the challenge to be well-dressed through it all. In the course of recounting my adventures to you, dear reader, I will give you a front row seat to the characters of English eighteenth century life including highway robbers, womanizing monks, debt-laden gallants, lecherous corrupt officials, effeminate sea captains, bloodthirsty surgeons, and my dear friend Miss Williams, a reformed prostitute... |