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The Ladies' Book of Etiquette, and Manual of Politeness

Read by Christine Lamberton

Florence Hartley

A guide for ladies, written in 1860, on what is accepted as correct behavior in polite society. The advice covers dress, travelling, staying…

Author's Introduction

In Memoirs of Napoleon Bonaparte, Volume 01

Read by Christine Lamberton

Louis Antoine Fauvelet de Bourrienne and Louis Antoine Fauvelet De Bourrienne

The author and Napoleon become boyhood friends when they are eight years old in Corsica. They separate when Napoleon is transferred from the…

The Lady-in-Chief

In Florence Nightingale the Angel of the Crimea

Read by Christine Lamberton

Laura E. Richards and Laura E. Howe Richards

One evening, some time after the great Crimean War of 1854-55, a company of military and naval officers met at dinner in London. They were t…