The Vicissitudes of a Soldier’s Life

The Vicissitudes of a Soldier’s Life

John Green

31,14 €
IVA incluido
Disponible
Editorial:
Kessinger Publishing
Año de edición:
2009
Materia
Antologías (no poéticas)
ISBN:
9781104406622
31,14 €
IVA incluido
Disponible

Selecciona una librería:

  • Librería Samer Atenea
  • Librería Aciertas (Toledo)
  • Kálamo Books
  • Librería Perelló (Valencia)
  • Librería Elías (Asturias)
  • Donde los libros
  • Librería Kolima (Madrid)
  • Librería Proteo (Málaga)

The Vicissitudes Of A Soldier’s Life: Or A Series Of Occurrences From 1806 To 1815 is a memoir written by John Green and published in 1827. The book details Green’s experiences as a soldier during the Napoleonic Wars, covering a period of nine years from 1806 to 1815. Green’s account provides a vivid and personal insight into the life of a soldier during this tumultuous period in European history. He describes the harsh conditions of military life, including the long marches, battles, and sieges that he participated in. The book also delves into the personal relationships and camaraderie that developed between soldiers, as well as the hardships and tragedies that they faced together. Green’s writing is candid and honest, providing an unvarnished look at the realities of war.Overall, The Vicissitudes Of A Soldier’s Life is a fascinating and informative read for anyone interested in military history or the experiences of soldiers during the Napoleonic Wars.Together With An Introductory And A Concluding Chapter, The Whole Containing, With Some Other Matters, A Concise Account Of The War In The Peninsula.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world’s literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.

Artículos relacionados

  • Last Resort
    Jill Sanders
    Cassey's life is crazy enough. The last thing she needs is some cocky rich boy trying to destroy her business. Normally immune to these vultures, she finds this brazen hottie especially difficult to refuse. Out to close the deal of a lifetime, Luke won't take no for an answer, and the intoxicating beauty standing in his way isn't going to go down easily. He'll n...
    Disponible

    15,86 €

  • Voodoos and Obeahs
    Joseph J Williams
    Sorcery & Witchcraft in the CaribbeanVoodoos and Obeahs: Phases of West India Witchcraft by the Jesuit anthropologist Joseph J. Williams (1875-1940) offers a careful documentation of the history and ethnography of Voodoo and reveals the connection of both Haitian Voodoo and Jamaican Obeah to snake worship (ophioletreia). In Jamaica, Obeah is the general term to denote those Afr...
    Disponible

    21,57 €

  • Camouflaged Sisters
    Lila Holley
    Camouflaged Sisters chronicles the courageous path of fourteen women who overcame various internal and external struggles during their military careers. These veterans give open accounts of how they adapted, achieved work-life balance, relied on their faith, and used mentorship as a vital tool in their success pre- and post-military career.Expect to be inspired by black women w...
    Disponible

    20,65 €

  • The Yellow Wallpaper
    Charlotte Perkins Gilman
    The Yellow Wallpaper (original title: "The Yellow Wall-paper. A Story") is a 6,000-word short story by the American writer Charlotte Perkins Gilman, first published in January 1892 in The New England Magazine. It is regarded as an important early work of American feminist literature, illustrating attitudes in the 19th century toward women's health, both physical and mental....
    Disponible

    5,26 €

  • Tea
    Velina Hasu Houston
    It’s 1968.  Himiko Hamilton struggles in a graceless marriage in a country that is not her own.  Having come from Japan at the end of World War II and landed in a small Kansas town because of her marriage to an American soldier, she is at odds with the culture that she left behind and the one in which she is trying to survive. In the midst of this turmoil is her beautiful mixed...
    Disponible

    31,79 €

  • Great Expectations
    Charles Dickens
    ***Traditional Character Edition***Great Expectations is hailed as Charles Dickens' masterpiece. A gripping tale of love and loss, aspiration and moral redemption, the story follows the young orphan Xiaomao (Pip) from poverty to a life of unexpected opportunity and wealth. In Part 2, Xiaomao leaves his life of poverty behind to seek his fortunes in Shanghai and win the hear...
    Disponible

    16,48 €

Otros libros del autor

  • Recollections of a Private of the 68th (Durham) Regiment of Foot During the Walcheren Expedition and the Peninsular War, 1806-15
    John Green
    An essential eyewitness account of the later battles of the Peninsular WarOriginally titled,’ Vicissitudes of a Soldier’s Life: Or a series of Occurrences from 1806 to 1815’, this book is sometimes confused with another book of ’vicissitudes’ penned by a Scottish soldier of this period. There have been, of course, several eyewitness accounts penned by soldiers from the ranks of...
    Disponible

    18,73 €

  • THE SOCIAL MEDIA JUNKIE
    John Green
    CALL ME ISHMAEL - Just like that fellow in Melville’s famous novel, ’Moby Dick.’ Better yet, just call me Bob, because that’s my name, or at least what my friends call me. I have many friends because I am a social media junkie.One day I stumbled onto unfathomable power, available at my fingertips on a keyboard. Dark people pursue me wanting that power not even knowing how to u...
    Disponible

    15,60 €

  • BEYOND THE ELEPHANT
    John Green
    The 21st century world went tumbling down in red ruin as foretold by the mysterious Arahm Tuit. Survivors gathered and forged new civilizations. Centuries later, led by a clan chief and a scout named Oneonta, that fragile civilization faces a grave threat to their very existence from peoples that did not learn from the root causes of the fall of human kind. One man, believing ...
    Disponible

    11,78 €

  • The Time Traveler’s Nephew
    John Green
    THE TIME TRAVELER’S NEPHEWand other stories. In 1895, H. G. Wells wrote a story called ’The Time Machine.’ It soon became a classic of science fiction, but was it really fiction?----------------------------------------THE TIMEOUT CHAIRTime travel has captured the imagination of humanity for years. Many are the stories and many methods. Only one actually worked.BACK TO THE 1890’...
    Disponible

    13,76 €

  • Kyle O’reilly
    John Green
    The story is about a family; Immigrant from Ireland who find work in early America, the lead character finds love as he grows; both in his job and life; work for the most was more manual, many thing done by hand not machines, the families they worked together and helped each other, these families worship together and trust God for their safety and daily needs; it also tells of ...
    Disponible

    7,96 €

  • GHOST WRITER
    John Green
    Memoirs of an anonymous author, recounting encounters with ghosts garnered over a lifetime. They span many time-periods and travel across much of America. It includes some famous, infamous and not so famous people and places. Photo illustrated in many cases from the archives of the author. ...
    Disponible

    10,52 €