London Pride Or When the World was Younger
Author: Mary Elizabeth Braddon
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Published: 1897
Total Pages: 596
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Author: Mary Elizabeth Braddon
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Published: 1897
Total Pages: 596
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Published: 1896
Total Pages: 528
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Published: 2018
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781033483367
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Mary Elizabeth Braddon
Publisher: Library of Alexandria
Published: 2020-09-28
Total Pages: 645
ISBN-13: 1465605436
DOWNLOAD EBOOKÊA rainy summer, and a mild rainy autumn had been followed by the hardest frost this generation had ever known. The Thames was frozen over, and tempestuous winds had shaken the ships in the Pool, and the steep gable ends and tall chimney-stacks on London Bridge. A never-to-be-forgotten winter, which had witnessed the martyrdom of England's King, and the exile of her chief nobility, while a rabble Parliament rode roughshod over a cowed people. Gloom and sour visages prevailed, the maypoles were down, the play-houses were closed, the bear-gardens were empty, the cock-pits were desolate; and a saddened population, impoverished and depressed by the sacrifices that had been exacted and the tyranny that had been exercised in the name of Liberty, were ground under the iron heel of Cromwell's red-coats. The pitiless journey from London to Louvain, a journey of many days and nights, prolonged by accident and difficulty, had been spun out to uttermost tedium for those two in the heavily moving old leathern coach. Who and what were they, these wearied travellers, journeying together silently towards a destination which promised but little of pleasure or luxury by way of welcomeÑa destination which meant severance for those two? One was Sir John Kirkland, of the Manor Moat, Bucks, a notorious Malignant, a grey-bearded cavalier, aged by trouble and hard fighting; a soldier and servant who had sacrificed himself and his fortune for the King, and must needs begin the world anew now that his master was murdered, his own goods confiscated, the old family mansion, the house in which his parents died and his children were born, emptied of all its valuables, and left to the care of servants, and his master's son a wanderer in a foreign land, with little hope of ever winning back crown and sceptre. Sadness was the dominant expression of Sir John's stern, strongly marked countenance, as he sat staring out at the level landscape through the unglazed coach window, staring blankly across those wind-swept Flemish fields where the cattle were clustering in sheltered corners, a monotonous expanse, crossed by ice-bound dykes that looked black as ink, save where the last rays of the setting sun touched their iron hue with blood-red splashes. Pollard willows indicated the edge of one field, gaunt poplars marked the boundary of another, alike leafless and unbeautiful, standing darkly out against the dim grey sky. Night was hastening towards the travellers, narrowing and blotting out that level landscape, field, dyke, and leafless wood.
Author: M. E. Braddon
Publisher: Pinnacle Press
Published: 2017-05-24
Total Pages: 458
ISBN-13: 9781374885776
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Author: Mary Elizabeth Braddon
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Published: 1897
Total Pages: 308
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Publisher: CreateSpace
Published: 2015-09-03
Total Pages: 378
ISBN-13: 9781517175917
DOWNLOAD EBOOKLondon Pride or When The World was Younger
Author: Mary Elizabeth Braddon
Publisher: Palala Press
Published: 2016-04-26
Total Pages: 526
ISBN-13: 9781354663707
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
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Total Pages: 526
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: M. E. Braddon
Publisher: IndyPublish.com
Published: 2005-05-01
Total Pages: 400
ISBN-13: 9781421911861
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