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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... matters of honour and matters of money . " You must always be able to account for every hour and every penny . " She placed her blotter carefully on her final addition . Mrs Booth said that there were only two authorities to whom women ...
... matters of honour and matters of money . " You must always be able to account for every hour and every penny . " She placed her blotter carefully on her final addition . Mrs Booth said that there were only two authorities to whom women ...
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... matter with me , either in intimate company or in public . Yet he was pious in his observance at St Peter and St Paul . I am now relieved that I was never obliged to make candid agnostic statements , 131 The Painter's Death.
... matter with me , either in intimate company or in public . Yet he was pious in his observance at St Peter and St Paul . I am now relieved that I was never obliged to make candid agnostic statements , 131 The Painter's Death.
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... matter how long I watch at the open door , no matter how many nights there are to come . The first days when I came to this place become more luminous and vivid with the ebbing years . I can remember the boat coming ashore in a rocky ...
... matter how long I watch at the open door , no matter how many nights there are to come . The first days when I came to this place become more luminous and vivid with the ebbing years . I can remember the boat coming ashore in a rocky ...
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