William Cotton Oswell, Hunter and Explorer
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ISBN13: 9780217907521
Paperback|9780217907521
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Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: CHAPTER XII. PARIS, CONSTANTINOPLE, CRIMEA. 185a-SS- Age 35-37- Death of Edward Oswell?The Crimea?Oswell carries despatches and secret service money for Lord Raglan?An incident of the ride?Meets John?Present at the Battle of the Alma?In the trenches; composure under fire?Assists surgeons?Strange story of mesmeric seance?Resolves to visit America. In October, 1X53, Edward Waring Oswell died, and William Oswell sought change and distraction after the long nursing, in Paris, where he studied French with a M. de la Moriniere. Five months passed; he knew Paris and its surroundings well, and was beginning to wonder in what direction to turn his steps next, when war was declared against Russia on March 28, 1854. In common with all his fellow-countrymen he was deeply stirred by the announcement, and followed every development with the closest interest. When, therefore, he received, a month later, a letter from his friend, Major Steele, then Lord Raglan's military secretary, urging him to join him at Constantinople, he hailed with characteristic eagerness the chance of seeing a new phase of life, and joyfully accepted the invitation. During the succeeding seven or eight weeks his recently-acquired knowledge of French stood him in good stead, and he became acquainted with many of the principal actors in the drama which was con- MOSQUE IN CONSTANTINOPLE PREPARED FOR WAR. From a contemporary photograph. vulsing Europe. Of them all, the figure that stood out in boldest relief in his recollection was that of the English Ambassador, Sir Stratford Canning, afterwards Lord Stratford de Redcliffe. In June, whilst Silistria was besieged, it became necessary that despatches and secret- sendee money should be conveyed from Lord Raglan at Constantinople to Colonel Lintorn Simmons at...
| ISBN-13 | 9780217907521 |
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| ISBN-10 | 0217907520 |
| Weight | 0.68 Pounds |
| Dimensions | 9.00 x 6.00 x 0.47 In |
| List Price | $19.99 |
| Format | Paperback |
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| Pages | 204 pages |
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| Published On | 2009-08-01 |
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