James Miranda BarrySerpent's Tail, 1999 - Počet stran: 375 James Miranda Barry enrols as a medical student in Edinburgh, the start of a glorious career as a military surgeon. He achieves fame as a legendary duellist and a celebrated social figure. But James Miranda Barry was also a woman. Her greatest achievement has been to pass for a man for 50 years. |
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... Louisa swept into the oppressive , musty sequence of ugly crowded rooms , each a masterpiece of bad taste , that was to become their home . She looked around cautiously and then pronounced , " Well . Hideous . But it will have to do ...
... Louisa swept into the oppressive , musty sequence of ugly crowded rooms , each a masterpiece of bad taste , that was to become their home . She looked around cautiously and then pronounced , " Well . Hideous . But it will have to do ...
Strana 85
... Louisa , " she hissed , " I'm terrified that he's going to start while I'm away and not there to help or to show him how to organise the cloths . He'll have to wash them or burn them himself . He's eleven years old . And he hasn't ...
... Louisa , " she hissed , " I'm terrified that he's going to start while I'm away and not there to help or to show him how to organise the cloths . He'll have to wash them or burn them himself . He's eleven years old . And he hasn't ...
Strana 342
... Louisa , jabbing at Psyche with her stick . My poodle retreated , timid and alert , into my arms . I sat staring at Louisa's black layers and the pearl brooch that was pinned on upside down . " Why have you come ? " she demanded . " To ...
... Louisa , jabbing at Psyche with her stick . My poodle retreated , timid and alert , into my arms . I sat staring at Louisa's black layers and the pearl brooch that was pinned on upside down . " Why have you come ? " she demanded . " To ...
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