The Philosophers of the Smoking Room (Classic Reprint)
The Philosophers of the Smoking Room (Classic Reprint)

Author: Francis Aveling

Publisher:

Published: 2015-07-10

Total Pages: 276

ISBN-13: 9781331098126

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Excerpt from The Philosophers of the Smoking Room They were sitting in the smoking-room, when the clergyman entered and took a place upon the lounge beside the Doctor, with a courteous "Good evening, gentlemen!" It was the first night after leaving Liverpool, and the Carinthia's passengers were looking forward to a glorious, if probably uneventful, passage to Montreal. Last night they had come aboard late; and, hand-shaking and leave-taking over, had gone to bed. In the morning they found themselves already far from the land. That curious ocean-voyage intimacy, the relic of sailing ships, had not yet broken the ice of casual acquaintanceship; but, in the smoking-room, the men at least, were beginning to feel their conversational legs. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com 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.

The Philosophers of the Smoking Room
The Philosophers of the Smoking Room

Author: Francis Aveling

Publisher: Palala Press

Published: 2016-05-09

Total Pages: 274

ISBN-13: 9781356174652

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The Philosophers of the Smoking Room: Conversations on Some Matters of Moment (1907)
The Philosophers of the Smoking Room: Conversations on Some Matters of Moment (1907)

Author: Francis Aveling

Publisher:

Published: 2008-06

Total Pages: 268

ISBN-13: 9781436519892

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With a Smile and a Wave
With a Smile and a Wave

Author: Peter Daybell

Publisher: Pen and Sword

Published: 2005-01-01

Total Pages: 507

ISBN-13: 1473820839

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During the late summer of 1915 Captain Aidan Liddell's gallant exploits filled many newspaper columns and he was feted as a national hero. Already decorated for bravery while serving with the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, he transferred to the Royal Flying Corps, and it was as a pilot that he attracted national acclaim.Badly wounded over enemy occupied Belgium, Liddell lost consciousness as his two-seater RE5 aircraft was raked by machine gun fire, and plunged out of control towards the ground. Despite terrible injuries and the extensive damage to his machine, he somehow recovered from an inverted dive and flew on for a further half an hour to the safety of the Allied lines, so saving his observer and a valuable aircraft.For this action he was awarded the Victoria Cross, but did not live to receive Britain's highest gallantry award and succumbed to his wounds a month later. With a Smile and a Wave provides a vivid picture of the squalor and danger of war, the backbreaking hardship of trench life and of the challenges of pioneer air fighting. It draws extensively on Captain Liddell's own letters and diaries and exposes the character and courage of the man in his own often compelling and moving words. But it is a story not just of war, but of growing up in a devout and prosperous family, of a Jesuit education at Stonyhurst College, and of Edwardian Oxford before the Great War. It portrays the privileged lifestyle of the English country gentleman, and describes how a very close knit and patriotic family dealt with the adversity of war.