Author: Alexandre DumasPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : France
Languages : en
Pages : 458
Book Description
The Two Dianas
Author: Alexandre DumasPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : France
Languages : en
Pages : 396
Book Description
The Two Dianas
Author: Alexandre DumasPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : France
Languages : en
Pages : 458
Book Description
Two Dianas in Somaliland: The Record of a Shooting Trip
Author: Agnes HerbertPublisher: Good Press
ISBN:
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 222
Book Description
Two Dianas in Somaliland is a narrative of a daring and victorious shooting expedition undertaken by two cousins, Agnes and Cecily, who carry the spirit of true sportswomen and the right attitude for this adventure. A native Somali escort accompanies them during this expedition. British writer and big game hunter Agnes Herbert keep the reader hooked with her refreshing writing style throughout the novel. She wonderfully describes the beauty and austerity of the jungle and desert in the passages as the two ladies travel through the country. The chapters of this book are started with one or more quotations from Shakespeare, thus revealing the author as a high-class Englishwoman of culture. The discussions in the book show that the author is highly skilled with guns. This work beautifully and with great success presents a new perspective of a female British imperialist hunter bagging big game in the isolated jungle of Somaliland and Ethiopia, which is deserving of the reader's interest and attention.
The Two Dianas
Author: Alexandre DumasPublisher: Lindhardt og Ringhof
ISBN: 8726671867
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 861
Book Description
‘The Two Dianas’ is historical fiction at its most romantic and swashbuckling. Set in 16th century France, ́The Two Dianas ́ offers a fictionalised account of the death of the French king, Henry II, at the hands of Gabriel, Comte de Montgomery. The Dianas in question are the king’s mistress, Diana de Poitiers, and her daughter, Diana de Castro. As the story unfolds, we are taken through Protestant uprisings, political deceptions, sword-rattling battles, and desperate romance. A fine tale packed with swagger and poise that defines much of Dumas’ work, ́The Two Dianas ́ will surely delight anyone familiar with his other novels, such as ́The Three Musketeers ́. Alexandre Dumas (1802 – 1870) was one of the most popular French authors and playwrights of the 19th Century. After the death of his father, Dumas travelled to Paris where he eventually decided to work in the theatre. He first came to public attention at the age of 27 with his first play, ‘King Henry III and his Courts.’ After a succession of successful stage plays, Dumas turned his hand to writing novels. Many of these were serialised in newspapers, such as ‘La Comtesse de Salisbury; Édouard III,’ and ‘Le Capitaine Paul.’ Many of Dumas’ later works have been hailed as timeless classics and adapted for television and the silver screen, such as ‘The Three Musketeers’, starring ‘Lord of the Rings’ ́ Orlando Bloom, and ‘The Count of Monte Cristo’, starring ‘Superman’ star, Henry Cavill.
Romances: The two Dianas
Author: Alexandre DumasDumas' Romances: The two Dianas
Author: Alexandre DumasPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Crime
Languages : en
Pages : 460
Book Description
Romances: The two Dianas [attributed to P. Meurice
Author: Alexandre DumasThe two Dianas. The page of the Duke of Savoy
Author: Alexandre DumasTwo Dianas in Alaska
Author: Agnes HerbertPublisher: Stackpole Books
ISBN: 9780811731317
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 404
Book Description
"My friend shudders at my slaying a rhinoceros, but manages to eat part of an unfortunate sheep immediately afterwards. I wonder if the good lady's words ring true. She may be right, and books on sport and adventure are only for men and boys, the sterner sex. If, therefore, you, reader o' mine, should regard all forms of taking life as unwomanly, read no more . . . We went to Alaska to shoot, and-we shot." --From chapter 1 In the first decade of the twentieth century, Agnes Herbert (ca. 1880-1960) and her cousin Cecily hunted on three continents, and Herbert wrote a book about each excursion. This, her second, traces the story of the women's Alaskan hunt, undertaken in part with two men. The foursome formed two expeditions, sometimes setting up camp together and sometimes going their own ways. The women's trophies included brown bear, walrus, caribou, Dall sheep, and moose; and Cecily bagged herself a husband, as well.
With Rifle & Petticoat
Author: Kenneth CzechPublisher: Derrydale Press
ISBN: 1461661552
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 210
Book Description
The image that comes to mind when you think of big game hunters is of African safaris with men carrying enormous guns hunting exotic game. But there were women on those trips as well, and not just the trips to Africa, and they were often as successful at the hunt as the men. Women such as Lady Florence Dixie, Agnes Herbert, Osa Johnson, Grace Gallatin Seton, and Gladys Harriman hunted so well, they made names for themselves and wrote of their adventures. Divided into chapters detailing a specific time period, region hunted or individual woman, With Rifle and Petticoat explores the interesting women who hunted a variety of big game animals around the world.