ISBN: 9781161453317

Marie Gessler, known as Marie Chaumontel, Jeanne d'Avrechy, the Countess d'Aurillac, was German. Her father, who served through the Franco-Prussian War, was a German spy. It was from her … Meer...

Marie Gessler, known as Marie Chaumontel, Jeanne d'Avrechy, the Countess d'Aurillac, was German. Her father, who served through the Franco-Prussian War, was a German spy. It was from her mother she learned to speak French sufficiently well to satisfy even an Academician and, among Parisians, to pass as one. Both her parents were dead. Before they departed, knowing they could leave their daughter nothing save their debts, they had had her trained as a nurse. But when they were gone, Marie in the Marie Gessler, known as Marie Chaumontel, Jeanne d'Avrechy, the Countess d'Aurillac, was German. Her father, who served through the Franco-Prussian War, was a German spy. It was from her mother she learned to speak French sufficiently well to satisfy even an Academician and, among Parisians, to pass as one. Both her parents were dead. Before they departed, knowing they could leave their daughter nothing save their debts, they had had her trained as a nurse. But when they were gone, Marie in the Berlin hospitals played politics, intrigued, indiscriminately misused the appealing, violet eyes. There was a scandal; several scandals. At the age of twenty-five she was dismissed from the Municipal Hospital, and as now-save for the violet eyes-she was without resources, as a compagnon de voyage with a German doctor she travelled to Monte Carlo. There she abandoned the doctor for Henri Ravignac, a captain in the French Aviation Corps, who, when his leave ended, escorted her to Paris. Books, Fiction~~General, Somewhere-In-France~~Richard-Harding-Davis, 999999999, Somewhere in France, Richard Harding Davis, 1161453318, Kessinger Publishing Company, , , , , Kessinger Publishing Company<

ISBN: 9781161453317

This book is part of the TREDITION CLASSICS series. The creators of this series are united by passion for literature and driven by the intention of making all public domain books availabl… Meer...

This book is part of the TREDITION CLASSICS series. The creators of this series are united by passion for literature and driven by the intention of making all public domain books available in printed format again - worldwide. At tredition we believe that a great book never goes out of style. Several mostly non-profit literature projects provide content to tredition. To support their good work, tredition donates a portion of the proceeds from each sold copy. As a reader of a TREDITION CLASSICS book, you support our mission to save many of the amazing works of world literature from oblivion. Books Fiction~~General Somewhere-In-France~~Richard-Harding-Davis Kessinger Publishing Company Even after they unmasked Talbot I had neither the heart nor the inclination to turn him down. Indeed, had not some of the passengers testified that I belonged to a different profession, the smoking-room crowd would have quarantined me as his accomplice. On the first night I met him I was not certain whether he was English or giving an imitation. All the outward and visible signs were English, but he told me that, though he had been educated at Oxford and since then had spent most of his years in India, playing polo, he was an American.<

2010, ISBN: 9781161453317

Kessinger Publishing, Gebundene Ausgabe, 124 Seiten, Publiziert: 2010-05-23T00:00:01Z, Produktgruppe: Buch, 0.96 kg, Gegenwartsliteratur, Literatur & Fiktion, Kategorien, Bücher, Unterhal… Meer...

Kessinger Publishing, Gebundene Ausgabe, 124 Seiten, Publiziert: 2010-05-23T00:00:01Z, Produktgruppe: Buch, 0.96 kg, Gegenwartsliteratur, Literatur & Fiktion, Kategorien, Bücher, Unterhaltungsliteratur, Fremdsprachige Bücher, Englische Bücher, Kessinger Publishing, 2010<