David Wales
307 books
War & Military
747
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
875
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
Travel & Geography
1.1K
William Caruthers - Loafing Along Death Valley Trails; A Personal Narrative Of People And Places
William Caruthers was a retired newspaperman who spent 25 years listening to stories told by the inhabitants of Death Valley. This 1951 book collects those stories; the printed version has many interesting pictures....
7 hours 35 minutes
*Non-fiction
821
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
