A Valiant Gentleman
Author : Sarita Sanford Ward
Publisher :
Page : 366 pages
File Size : 27,67 MB
Release : 1927
Category : Sculptors
ISBN :
Author : Sarita Sanford Ward
Publisher :
Page : 366 pages
File Size : 27,67 MB
Release : 1927
Category : Sculptors
ISBN :
Author : M. J. Stuart
Publisher :
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 11,12 MB
Release : 1925
Category :
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Author : Sabina Murray
Publisher : Open Road + Grove/Atlantic
Page : 534 pages
File Size : 16,64 MB
Release : 2016-11-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0802189709
A New York Times Notable Book from the PEN/Faulkner Award–winning author. “An imaginative exploration of the tragedy of lost friendship” (Los Angeles Times). In prose that is darkly humorous and alive with detail, Valiant Gentlemen reimagines the lives and intimate friendships of humanitarian and Irish patriot Roger Casement; his closest friend, Herbert Ward; and Ward’s extraordinary wife, the Argentinian American heiress Sarita Sanford. Valiant Gentlemen takes the reader on an intimate journey, from Ward and Casement’s misadventurous youth in the Congo—where, among other things, they bore witness to an Irish whiskey heir’s taste for cannibalism—to Ward’s marriage to Sarita and their flourishing family life in France, to Casement’s covert homosexuality and enduring nomadic lifestyle floating between his work across the African continent and involvement in Irish politics. When World War I breaks out, Casement and Ward’s longstanding political differences finally come to a head and when Ward and his teenage sons leave to fight on the frontlines for England, Casement begins to work alongside the Germans to help free Ireland from British rule. What results is tragic and riveting, as both men are forced to confront notions of love and betrayal in the face of the vastly different tracks their lives have taken. Reminiscent of the work of Peter Carey and Michael Ondaatje, Valiant Gentlemen is a uniquely human account of some of early twentieth century’s larger historical figures from a “ravishing” (O, The Oprah Magazine) and “brilliant” voice in fiction today (The Boston Globe).
Author : Sarita Sanford Ward
Publisher :
Page : 364 pages
File Size : 37,19 MB
Release : 1927
Category : Sculptors
ISBN :
Author : Sabina Murray
Publisher :
Page : 496 pages
File Size : 17,13 MB
Release : 2017-07-06
Category :
ISBN : 9781611855203
Author : Francis Beaumont
Publisher :
Page : 508 pages
File Size : 19,93 MB
Release : 1812
Category :
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Author : Henry Peacham
Publisher :
Page : 314 pages
File Size : 18,7 MB
Release : 1906
Category : Courtesy
ISBN :
Author : Henry Peacham
Publisher :
Page : 326 pages
File Size : 46,59 MB
Release : 1906
Category : Courtesy
ISBN :
Author : Edward Cave
Publisher :
Page : 606 pages
File Size : 22,53 MB
Release : 1793
Category : Books and bookselling
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Author : Francis Beaumont
Publisher :
Page : 412 pages
File Size : 20,94 MB
Release : 1855
Category : Poetry
ISBN :