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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... turned brown . The wood in the window frames dried , shrank and split , the paint peeled away . The kitchen yard bricks stayed warm under our bare feet till far into the night . The cattle dozed in the stream , their tails constantly ...
... turned brown . The wood in the window frames dried , shrank and split , the paint peeled away . The kitchen yard bricks stayed warm under our bare feet till far into the night . The cattle dozed in the stream , their tails constantly ...
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... turned aside to help himself to a bevy of cold meats , decorated with olives and tomatoes cut into serrated bowls , as if they had developed teeth . But Captain James Loughlin had passed well beyond the reach of reason and sensible ...
... turned aside to help himself to a bevy of cold meats , decorated with olives and tomatoes cut into serrated bowls , as if they had developed teeth . But Captain James Loughlin had passed well beyond the reach of reason and sensible ...
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... turned once more in the direction of the islands . Rupert turned back , taking the way we had already come . " Mary Ann wept many days for him . I am very surprised that she said nothing about it . I find that most odd . " Ah , that is ...
... turned once more in the direction of the islands . Rupert turned back , taking the way we had already come . " Mary Ann wept many days for him . I am very surprised that she said nothing about it . I find that most odd . " Ah , that is ...
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