Christine Lamberton
3 books
General
467
Laura E. Howe Richards - Florence Nightingale the Angel of the Crimea
One evening, some time after the great Crimean War of 1854-55, a company of military and naval officers met at dinner in London. They were talking over the war, as soldiers and sailors love to do, and somebody said:...
3 hours 23 minutes
*Non-fiction
661
Florence Hartley - Ladies' Book of Etiquette, and Manual of Politeness
A guide for ladies, written in 1860, on what is accepted as correct behavior in polite society. The advice covers dress, travelling, staying in hotels, attending and giving parties and balls, making and receiving...
11 hours
*Non-fiction
450
Louis Antoine Fauvelet de Bourrienne - Memoirs of Napoleon, Vol. 1
The author and Napoleon become boyhood friends when they are eight years old in Corsica. They separate when Napoleon is transferred from the Military College of Brienne to another college in Paris in 1784. Napoleon...
3 hours 31 minutes
