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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... light . Barry slithered down to the edge , his boots sinking into the mud . Jobson , watching from the bridge , gave the signal and Barry launched their frail , fresh - created arks into the flood . Then he scrambled up the bank and ...
... light . Barry slithered down to the edge , his boots sinking into the mud . Jobson , watching from the bridge , gave the signal and Barry launched their frail , fresh - created arks into the flood . Then he scrambled up the bank and ...
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... light flickers onto the muddy street and reveals the outline of a ferocious - looking man , waiting by the horse trough . The widow is peering out . Tonight there is no fog . And she can hear us coming . The squelch of our boots in the ...
... light flickers onto the muddy street and reveals the outline of a ferocious - looking man , waiting by the horse trough . The widow is peering out . Tonight there is no fog . And she can hear us coming . The squelch of our boots in the ...
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... light began to thicken , despite the earliness of the season . It was February . You could have counted upon the sunshine in the Cape . In England , at this time of day , if the murky air cleared at all , you could see every crystal of ...
... light began to thicken , despite the earliness of the season . It was February . You could have counted upon the sunshine in the Cape . In England , at this time of day , if the murky air cleared at all , you could see every crystal of ...
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