David Wales
307 books
War & Military
448
George Manington - Soldier Of The Legion;
An Englishman's Adventures Under The French Flag in Algeria And Tonquin
An educated gentleman, Mr Manington has given an insight into the unusual experiences of an Englishman in the French Foreign Legion, such as no ordinary «mercenary» could have done. Most of the narrative deals with...
7 hours 56 minutes
Satire
479
Laurence Oliphant - Piccadilly A Fragment of Contemporary Biography
Laurence Oliphant, author, international traveller, diplomatist and mystic, who spent a decade in later life under the influence of the spiritualist prophet Thomas Lake Harris, writes here under the amusing guise...
7 hours 54 minutes
*Non-fiction
463
May Gillington Byron - Days with the Great Composers
An imagined day in the life of each composer gives the anonymous author scope to describe each one's work and life, sketchily, of course, but interestingly. (Summary by David Wales) Note: This is a compilation...
7 hours 33 minutes
Humorous Fiction
677
William John Locke - Joyous Adventures of Aristide Pujol
This 1912 collection of short stories is of lighthearted adventures of an irresponsible — and irrepressible — Frenchman in England and Paris. The author (1863-1930) was a popular British novelist, dramatist, and...
7 hours 29 minutes
