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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... passed as she lay dying . Outside , the heat shimmered in the stagnant gutters . The stench of rotting flesh was overwhelming . Barry waited in the silence . Far away he could hear the sound of dogs barking and barking . At last two ...
... passed as she lay dying . Outside , the heat shimmered in the stagnant gutters . The stench of rotting flesh was overwhelming . Barry waited in the silence . Far away he could hear the sound of dogs barking and barking . At last two ...
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... passed my life here fighting a paper battle with the bureaucrats . Ah , but I shall never forget the thunderous tones of the Field Marshal , bursting into my hospital office with the wild cry of victory : " We have carried the hill ...
... passed my life here fighting a paper battle with the bureaucrats . Ah , but I shall never forget the thunderous tones of the Field Marshal , bursting into my hospital office with the wild cry of victory : " We have carried the hill ...
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... passed . That night I saw the countryside in flames , but although many people passed by me on the road , some armed , some running , some carrying torches , I continued on my way , unchallenged and unharmed . The town was in uproar ...
... passed . That night I saw the countryside in flames , but although many people passed by me on the road , some armed , some running , some carrying torches , I continued on my way , unchallenged and unharmed . The town was in uproar ...
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