The Horror of Love
Title | The Horror of Love PDF eBook |
Author | Lisa Hilton |
Publisher | Open Road Media |
Pages | 276 |
Release | 2012-12-04 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 1453271554 |
The dramatic love story of two extraordinary individuals--Nancy Mitford and free French commander Gaston Palewski--living in extraordinary times. “Oh, the horror of love!” Nancy Mitford once exclaimed to her sister Diana Mosley. Elegant and intelligent, Nancy was a reknowned wit and a popular author. Yet this bright, waspish woman gave her heart to a well-known philanderer who went on to marry another woman. Was Nancy that unremarkable thing—a deluded lover—or was she a remarkable woman engaged in a sophisticated love affair? Gaston Palewski was a Free French commander and one of the most influential politicians in post-war Europe. She supported him throughout his tumultuous career and he inspired some of her best work, including The Pursuit of Love. Lisa Hilton’s provocative and emotionally challenging book reveals how, with discipline, gentleness, and a great deal of elegance, Nancy Mitford and Gaston Palewski achieved an affair of the heart.
South Africa a Century Ago
Title | South Africa a Century Ago PDF eBook |
Author | Lady Anne Lindsay Barnard |
Publisher | |
Pages | 346 |
Release | 1910 |
Genre | Cape of Good Hope (South Africa) |
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Letters
Title | Letters PDF eBook |
Author | Mary Wortley Montagu |
Publisher | Everyman's Library |
Pages | 467 |
Release | 2015-04-01 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 0375712860 |
Immensely learned, self-educated in an era when formal schooling was denied to women, Mary Wortley Montagu was an admired poet, a consistently scandalous doyenne of eighteenth-century London society, and, in a period when letter-writing had been elevated to an art form, one of the greatest letter writers in the English language. Her epistles, meant for both public and private consumption, are the product of a mind distinguished by its adventurousness, its indifference to convention, and its eagerness not only to acquire knowledge but to convey it with unmitigated style and grace. (Book Jacket Status: Not Jacketed)
My Symphony
Title | My Symphony PDF eBook |
Author | William Henry Channing |
Publisher | Andrews McMeel Publishing |
Pages | 54 |
Release | 1997-11 |
Genre | Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | 9780836236743 |
An 18th century poem about living a virtuous life and real satisfaction coming from contentment. 4-8 yrs.
Freedom to Choose
Title | Freedom to Choose PDF eBook |
Author | Dr. Barbara Evans |
Publisher | London : Bodley Head |
Pages | 316 |
Release | 1984 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN |
Jane's Parlour
Title | Jane's Parlour PDF eBook |
Author | O. Douglas |
Publisher | Rare Treasure Editions |
Pages | 360 |
Release | 2021-11-06T15:12:00Z |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 1774643200 |
A domestic tale of country gentlefolk, between the Wars, and their families, friends and acquaintances, mostly in their beloved Scotland, but also in London. Jane’s Parlour is the cosy sanctum where Katharyn, wife, mother of five children and writer, retreats for peace and re-invigoration, serving as a symbol of a settled fulfilling country life.
A Philosophical Dictionary
Title | A Philosophical Dictionary PDF eBook |
Author | Voltaire |
Publisher | |
Pages | 454 |
Release | 1824 |
Genre | Philosophy |
ISBN |