Author: Ivan Sergeevich TurgenevPublisher:
ISBN:
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Languages : en
Pages : 408
Book Description
The brigadier, and other stories. The brigadier ; The story of Lieutenant Ergúnoff ; A hapless girl ; A strange story ; Púnin and Babúrin
Author: Ivan Sergeevich TurgenevPublisher:
ISBN:
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Languages : en
Pages : 408
Book Description
Exploits and Adventures of Brigadier Gerard
Author: Sir Arthur Conan DoylePublisher: New York Review of Books
ISBN: 9780940322738
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 436
Book Description
Having killed off Sherlock Holmes, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle began a new series of tales on a very different theme. Brigadier Gerard is an officer in Napoleon's army—ecklessly brave, engagingly openhearted, and unshakable, if not a little absurd, in his devotion to the enigmatic Emperor. The Brigadier's wonderful comic adventures, long established in the affections of Conan Doyle's admirers as second only to those of the incomparable Holmes, are sure to find new devotees among the ardent fans of such writers as Patrick O'Brian and George MacDonald Fraser.
The Complete Brigadier Gerard
Author: Arthur Conan DoylePublisher:
ISBN: 9781911405580
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 306
Book Description
The Complete Brigadier Gerard has the brigadier recounting his adventures in the Peninsular War, the retreat from Moscow and at Waterloo. Flashman's George MacDonald Fraser called the book "A splendid catalogue of secret missions, escapes, love affairs, disguises, duels and occasional disasters." With 55 original illustrations by W.B.Wollen.
Brigadier General John D. Imboden
Author: Spencer C. TuckerPublisher: University Press of Kentucky
ISBN: 0813138272
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 392
Book Description
" John D. Imboden is an important but often overlooked figure in Civil War history. With only limited militia training, the Virginia lawyer and politician rose to the rank of brigadier general in the Confederate Army and commanded the Shenandoah Valley District, which had been created for Stonewall Jackson. Imboden organized and led the Staunton Artillery in the capture of the U.S. arsenal at Harper's Ferry. He participated in the First Battle of Bull Run/Manassas and organized a cavalry command that fought alongside Stonewall Jackson in his Shenandoah Valley Campaign. The Jones/Imboden Raid into West Virginia cut the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad and ravaged the Kanawha Valley petroleum fields. Imboden covered the Confederate withdrawal from Gettysburg and later led cavalry accompanying Jubal Early in his operations against Philip Sheridan in Sheridan's Shenandoah Valley Campaign. Imboden completed his war service in command of Confederate prisons in Georgia, Alabama, and Mississippi. Spencer C. Tucker fully examines the life of this Confederate cavalry commander, including analysis of Imboden's own post-war writing, and explores overlooked facets of his life, such as his involvement in the Confederate prison system, his later efforts to restore the economic life of his home state of Virginia by developing its natural resources, and his founding of the city of Damascus, which he hoped to make into a new iron and steel center. Spencer C. Tucker, John Biggs Professor of Military History at the Virginia Military Institute, is the author of Vietnam and the author or editor of several other books on military and naval history. He lives in Lexington, Virginia.
The Peculiar Exploits of Brigadier Ffellowes
Author: Sterling E. LanierPublisher: Sidgwick & Jackson
ISBN: 9780283983726
Category : Short stories, English
Languages : en
Pages : 159
Book Description
The Brigadier's Daughter
Author: Paul CallanPublisher: Epigram Books
ISBN: 9814785199
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 270
Book Description
The one woman he will never forget… Jin, a sensitive kampong boy with an artistic bent, is often found sketching hornbills in the jungle. Stephanie is the Eurasian daughter of an uncompromising brigadier, born into a world of racial and economic privilege. Their torrid affair, set in pre-merger Malaya, must be kept hidden at all costs. But the fragile relationship between these star-crossed lovers is threatened by a single secret—and a moment of thoughtlessness that will echo for decades. The Brigadier’s Daughter is a tale of young love and hard choices.
The Highland Brigadier
Author: Abbott a. BraytonPublisher:
ISBN: 9780989138031
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 258
Book Description
The Midnight Mannequins and Other Stories
Author: Michael DalyPublisher: Austin Macauley Publishers
ISBN: 1398410411
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 102
Book Description
In each of the twelve stories in Michael Daly’s collection, he attempts to cunningly expose our human frailties and foibles with hopefully an expert mixture of humour and sadness at many of life’s challenges. Retirement plans that don’t quite work out, a husband whose wife thought she really knew him well, a pet lover who has to ask an arch-enemy to help her bury her cat, people coping with illness and the lonely lady in London whose life is completely changed by telephoning a random phone number on a used banknote! These short stories may appear perfectly calm on the surface, but readers will quickly find themselves submerged in the murky underwater of real life.
A Desperate Character and Other Stories
Author: Ivan Sergeevich TurgenevPublisher: IndyPublish.com
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 354
Book Description
CONTENTS A Desperate Character A Strange Story Punin and Baburin Old Portraits The Brigadier Pyetushkov
The Brigadier
Author: Ivan Sergeevich TurgenevPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 381
Book Description