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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... Garden ... I crouched among the sprouting dahlias , eating bacon rinds and bare toast , the first of many loving and edible ... gardens as soon as they've eaten their luncheon . Cook says I'm to serve and help clear . But I'm not in the ...
... Garden ... I crouched among the sprouting dahlias , eating bacon rinds and bare toast , the first of many loving and edible ... gardens as soon as they've eaten their luncheon . Cook says I'm to serve and help clear . But I'm not in the ...
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... gardens , as if they have been pricked by the last sharp nights , and then , sure enough , at the corner of the barn , still in shadow , we feel the ground beneath our feet , the dew crisp with a faint , white frost . Yet all the world ...
... gardens , as if they have been pricked by the last sharp nights , and then , sure enough , at the corner of the barn , still in shadow , we feel the ground beneath our feet , the dew crisp with a faint , white frost . Yet all the world ...
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Patricia Duncker. eyes . The gardens were extraordinary : carefully tended green edges enclosing foaming colours . He ... garden . James stood upon the steps , staring at a lizard frozen in mid - flight down the wall and an army of red ...
Patricia Duncker. eyes . The gardens were extraordinary : carefully tended green edges enclosing foaming colours . He ... garden . James stood upon the steps , staring at a lizard frozen in mid - flight down the wall and an army of red ...
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