Edith Louisa Cavell was an English nurse serving in Brussels during WWI who assisted many British, French, and Belgian soldiers to cross the border into neutral Holland. She was betrayed and arrested. The outcome of her court martial is well-known and well-preserved.
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Richard Bissell has artfully intertwined his experiences as a pilot on the Coal Queen with historical facts and anecdotes about the boats and men who made the Monongahela River in West Virginia into one of America’s greatest workhorses.
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A distinguished, scholarly, elegant and witty biography about Philip Dormer Stanhope, fourth Earl of Chesterfield, one of the immortals of the eighteenth century who represented that world at its best in point of culture, international relations, and the social arts.
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A collection of history articles by an author who studied the past as well as the events of his day with equal enthusiasm. His research was impeccable, and, a story teller to the core, he makes the facts come to life with compelling force.
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A tightly knit California ranching family become gaga rich when oil is discovered. A mega tale about ranching, the oil business, show business and tawdry sex.
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