The Loves of the Lady Arabella (Classic Reprint)
ISBN: 978-13-316-6931-9
Format: 15.2x22.9cm
Liczba stron: 276
Oprawa: Miękka
Wydanie: 2018 r.
Język: angielski
Dostępność: aktualnie niedostępny
Excerpt from The Loves of the Lady Arabella<br><br>Having heard, as I say, of the desperate struggle it cost Lady Hawkshaw to marry her lieutenant, I somewhat expected to find her and Admiral Sir Peter Hawkshaw living like doves in a cage, and was disconcerted at the message her ladyship sent her lord. But I was still more disconcerted when Sir Peter, a short, stout man, with a choleric eye, presently bounced into the room.<br><br>Sir Peter, said her ladyship, here is your nephew Tom's brat, who wants a midshipman's warrant.<br><br>Sir Peter stopped short, looked me over, I was tall for my age, and grinned savagely. I thought it was all up with me.<br>And Sir Peter, screamed her ladyship, he must have it.<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.