| Autore |
Blayney Major-General Lord Andrew Thomas
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| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa |
San Francisco : , : Wagram Press, , 2011
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| Descrizione fisica |
1 online resource (130 pages)
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| Disciplina |
940.277
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| Collana |
Narrative of a forced journey through Spain and France, as a prisoner of war, in the years 1810 to 1814.
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| Soggetto topico |
French Revolution Bicentennial, 1989
Social classes - France
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| ISBN |
9781908692610
1908692618
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| Formato |
Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione |
eng
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| Nota di contenuto |
Title page -- Chapter XXX -- Perigueux . . . . Execution of four gentlemen . . . . Benedictine convent . . . . Du Guesclin . . . . Digression . . . . Angoulême. -- Chapter XXXI -- Poictiers . . . . Field of battle . . . . Chatelleraut . . . . Ormes . . . . Tours. -- Chapter XXXII -- Amboise . . . . Blois. -- Chapter XXXIII -- Orleans . . . . National partiality . . . . English sailor . . . . Birth of the King of Rome . . . . Itinerant sleight of hand man. -- Chapter XXXIV -- Paris . . . . Bains Chinoises . . . . Salon des Etrangers . . . . Thuilleries . . . . Fiacre . . . . Palace of Luxembourg . . . . Jardin des Plantes. -- Chapter XXXV -- Paris . . . . Palais Royal . . . . Column of the Grand Army . . . . Restaurateurs . . . . Puppetshew . . . . French females . . . . Triumphal arches . . . . Pâtés de foie gras . . . . Salle de jeu . . . . Comédie Françoise . . . . Arrest . . . . Gend’armerie. -- Chapter XXXVI -- From Paris to Verdun . . . . Porte St. Martin . . . . Meaux . . . . La Ferté . . . . Château of Etage . . . . Chalons . . . . French seminaries of education . . . . St. Menehoud . . . . Clermont . . . . Arrival at Verdun. -- Chapter XXXVII -- Verdun . . . . Sketch of its history . . . . Situation . . . . Regulations of the dépôt . . . . Exaction of the commandants, &c . . . . Different classes of English . . . . Manner of living. -- Chapter XXXVIII -- Verdun . . . . Situation of the prisoners in the dépôts . . . . Seizure of my papers . . . . Arrest and confinement . . . . Sketch of Bitche. -- Chapter XXXIX -- Verdun . . . . Excursion to Clermont . . . . Position of la Lune . . . . Varennes . . . . Pretty couturière . . . . Innkeeper . . . . Woods. -- Chapter XL -- Excursion from Verdun to Nancy and Metz . . . . Moselle . . . . Baths at Metz . . . . Préfet . . . . Arsenal and citadel . . . . Public walks . . . . Streets . . . . History . . . . Jews. -- Chapter XLI -- Nancy . . . . Pont à Mousson . . . . University . . . . Roman Aqueduct . . . . Political innkeeper . . . . Nancy . . . . Spanish prisoners . . . . General commandant . . . . Stanislaus . . . . Return to Metz . . . . French jockey . . . . Spanish renegadoes. -- Chapter XLII -- Verdun races . . . . French poetics . . . . Scandal . . . . Cottage . . . . Varennes, sous-préfet, innkeeper, Louis XVI. . . . . Letter from the Minister . . . . Grand army . . . . Death of the commandant . . . . Institutions at Verdun . . . . St. Mihiel. -- Chapter XLIII -- Excursion to Bar . . . . Spanish officers . . . . Préfet . . . . French civil officers . . . . Boniface à la Françoise . . . . Marshal Oudinot . . . . Dépôt of mendicity . . . . Dunmarsi hunt . . . . Military news . . . . Russian and Cossack officers. -- Chapter XLIV
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| Altri titoli varianti |
Narrative of a forced journey through Spain and France, as a prisoner of war, in the years 1810 to 1814
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| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910164075903321 |