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Female Warriors - Volume 2

Ellen C. Clayton

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. . .iful fortune, had reduced himself and her to beggary, and had then enlisted. His regiment had been ordered to Germany in 1759 to serve against the French, and had remained abroad ever since. Not having heard from him for two years, she had resolved to roam the world in search of him. She heard that the British Government were sending more troops to Germany, so she enlisted in one of the regiments ordered thither, thinking to meet her husband. When the discovery of her sex frustrated this design, she declared herself to be inconsolable.

In October of the same year, a young woman aged[26] about twenty, attired in nautical garb, was seized at Plymouth by the Press-gang, and sent to Captain Toby. On her capture she was placed for safety in the town jail. Not relishing her imprisonment, she roundly abused Captain Toby, told him she was a woman, that her name was Hannah Whitney, that she was born in Ireland, and had served on board several British men-of-war . . . Read More

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3.00
- Wendy - Feb 18, 2015

I enjoyed this one as a historical curiosity, both in content and in context--the fact that it was published in 1879 makes it both charming and...infuriating. I especially enjoyed the early sections, especially the bits about the Amazons, but ran out of steam about half way through when every anecdo

5.00
- Bob - Jan 12, 2015

not so much a narrativist view of history more a vision of Awesome and Awesome women throughout history .

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