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Under Two Flags

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Book Excerpt: 
. . .was that shock to one's whole nervous system, when that indigo man, who took Lady Laura's house, asked us to dinner, and actually thought we should go!—and there was a scene, you know, of all earthly horrors, when Mrs. Gervase was so near eloping with me, and Gervase cut up rough, instead of pitying me; and then the field-days were so many, and so late into the season; and I exhausted myself so at the Belvoir theatricals at Easter; and I toiled so atrociously playing 'Almaviva' at your place, Seraph—a private opera's galley slave's work!—and, altogether, I've had a good many things to pull me down since the winter," concluded Bertie, with a plaintive self-condolence over his truffles.

The rest of his condemning judges laughed, and passed the plea of sympathy; the Coldstreamer alone remained censorious and untouched.

"Pull you down! You'll never pull off the race if you sit drinking liqueurs all the morning!" growled that censor. "Lo. . . Read More

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3.00
- Emily - May 15, 2023

Melodrama and adventure! I will say the first 200 pages were kind of a slog, the story got a lot more interesting after them (and the time skip). Basically, a British aristocrat chooses oblivion in the French foreign legion in Algeria to prevent dishonor to his brother and a lady. Theres a love tria

3.00
- Liedzeit - Jun 01, 2020

You get a lot of recommendations for books to read for the current crisis. Like Decameron or The Plague. One of the two main female characters in this book is called Venetia Corona. How is that? And the other one, even better, Cigarette!

It is another book that waited on my shelves for 25 years to be

3.00
- Todd - Sep 08, 2019

The most interesting character in this 1867 swashbuckler is an early example of the Manic Pixie Dream Girl, a character type that has become too common in stories about men learning to become independent. This woman was named Cigarette, and was a favorite of the French Foreign Legion. Her mother was

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- StrictlySequential - Sep 29, 2022

15c = HRN 139 = 3rd printing = August 1951
+Ouida Biography
+Pioneers of Science = Edward Jenner
+Dog Heroes = "Brownie"
+Famous Operas = Iolanthe

4.00
- Fazackerly - Aug 25, 2018

I know the prose is incredibly ripe but I loved this. They need to make the movie NOW!

4.00
- Sarah - Dec 14, 2016

I really liked this book but in contrast to other sensation novels I've read, this really lacked in intrigue and suspense. "Under Two Flags" is, at its core, about honor and people who go to extremes to remain honorable even it means sacrificing everything. The characters are interesting, if occasio

2.00
- Jake - Aug 12, 2015

Amusing enough.

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