[PDF] Iolanthe Or The Peer And The Peri eBook

Author : William Schwenck Gilbert
Publisher : Kessinger Publishing
Page : 52 pages
File Size : 28,87 MB
Release : 2009-03
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 9781104183264

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1870. This edition contains both Volumes I and II of this work. Mercer was commander of the G Troop, Royal Horse Artillery, in Wellington's army and achieved fame as the Captain who disobeyed Wellingtons orders to abandon the guns and take shelter with the infantry when the French cavalry closed in. He was in the habit of jotting down notes on the events of the day each evening. This is the account of what he saw and felt from leaving Colchester for Belgium 1815 to his final return to England in 1816. It is a remarkable and compelling account, especially of the three days which ended the career of Napoleon. Mercer's troop was at Quatre Bras, where he got off a few rounds at Napoleon himself, and at Waterloo. There are graphic descriptions of the battles and of his tour over the battlefield the day after, with its appalling scenes of carnage and the sight of the locals looting the dead, and the not-quite dead. It is an outstanding example of the literature of the Napoleonic wars, and it has a rarity as the memoir of an artillery officer, and a troop commander at that.

Author : Jean F. Blashfield
Publisher : Forgotten Books
Page : 222 pages
File Size : 16,24 MB
Release : 2017-11-23
Category : Drama
ISBN : 9780331743890

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Excerpt from Iolanthe: Or the Peer and the Peri a New and Original Comic Opera At the beginning of the opera, the Queen is prevailed upon by other fairies to recall Iolanthe from exile. Strephon joins the glad reunion and announces his intention of marrying Phyllis in spite of the Lord Chancellor, her guardian, who refuses permission. The Queen approves, and plans to influence certain boroughs to elect Strephon to Parliament. 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.