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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... huge puff of smoke floats out of his mouth . As if he were a dragon . There is a chain hanging from a pin only a few inches away from my nose . " Dragon . Gold . " " Stand to attention when you're addressing me , my girl . " He peers ...
... huge puff of smoke floats out of his mouth . As if he were a dragon . There is a chain hanging from a pin only a few inches away from my nose . " Dragon . Gold . " " Stand to attention when you're addressing me , my girl . " He peers ...
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... huge encyclopaedias with blue and black leather bindings , dictionaries and books on natural history with hand - coloured engravings . Each image was separated from the facing page by a soft detachable sheet of absorbent paper . I was ...
... huge encyclopaedias with blue and black leather bindings , dictionaries and books on natural history with hand - coloured engravings . Each image was separated from the facing page by a soft detachable sheet of absorbent paper . I was ...
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... huge mass of rhododendrons , which had finished flowering and now formed a darkening phalanx of thick and sultry green . The floor was of polished wood and around the two huge wooden scaffolds which supported his painting there was a ...
... huge mass of rhododendrons , which had finished flowering and now formed a darkening phalanx of thick and sultry green . The floor was of polished wood and around the two huge wooden scaffolds which supported his painting there was a ...
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