Download or read book Reminiscences of Captain Gronow written by Rees Howell Gronow and published by . This book was released on 1862 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Reminiscences of captain Gronow anecdotes of the camp the court and the clubs written by Rees Howell Gronow and published by . This book was released on 1862 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Reminiscences of Captain Gronow written by Captain Rees Howell Gronow and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-09-21 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of memoirs about the Peninsular War, the Battle of Waterloo, and society and personalities of Regency London and 19th century Paris, by a sometime Grenadier Guards officer, unsuccessful parliamentarian, and dandy. Gronow displays social attitudes of the day which would now be regarded as unacceptable, but is a clever raconteur who brings to life both the horrors of war and the gaiety of high society.The spelling in this book is rather creative (including the occasional spelling of "ankle" as "ancle"), and the punctuation is remarkably varied. I have tried to preserve both, except that the spaces between a word and the following colon or semicolon have been removed. There are also many French words and phrases, whose meaning will usually be obvious as soon as you realise they are French. Of course I apologize for any genuine errors in spelling and punctuation that have crept into this file.
Download or read book Reminiscences of Captain Gronow Formerly of the Grenadier Guards written by Rees Howell Gronow and published by Kessinger Publishing. This book was released on 2009-04 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. 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 the original work.
Download or read book Reminiscences of Captain Gronow formerly of the Grenadier Guards written by Captain Rees Howell Gronow and published by Pickle Partners Publishing. This book was released on 2011-04-27 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Captain Gronow, joined the Grenadier guards as a young subaltern in 1812, having completed his studies at Eton and was widely know in England and the Continent thereafter as a raconteur and a fine pistol shot. His “Reminiscences” span four volumes in their original edition, an edited version was produced around the turn of the 19th century, having varied titles but following a stream of collected anecdotes set in distinct eras. These memoirs have achieved a high degree of fame and are justly accorded much historical respect, especially in those incidents where Gronow was personally present to record the words and deeds of those around him. Although admitted to the highest society, Gronow is far from being a snob and his works bear the stamp of a high degree of moral probity, they could not be described as the handiwork of a gossip. The first volume concentrates, as the title suggests, around Gronow’s experiences between 1812 and 1816, initially his experiences were military; He fought under the Duke of Wellington in the last two years of the Peninsular war being present at the battle of the Nivelle. His memories of the 1815 campaign and the culminating battle of Waterloo are widely known and quoted, they are vivid, accurate and of especial interest. After the fall of Napoleon, Gronow recounts his adventures and encounters in society in London and Paris, in the clubs, soirées, the opera and the field of honour, tales of “six bottlemen” and duels abound, tales of fortunes won and lost at rouge et noir. The great and the good of the period appear in thumb sketches and anecdotes; men such as The Duke of Wellington, Blucher, Beau Brumell, Romeo Coates, General Ornano, Lord Byron, Lord Canning, Shelley, Kangaroo Cook, the Duke of York all feature. “Reading Gronow is like drinking champagne - effervescent and mildly addictive” Author - Captain Rees Howell Gronow - (1794–1865)
Download or read book Recollections and anecdotes a second series of reminiscences written by Rees Howell Gronow and published by . This book was released on 1863 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Reminiscences of Captain Gronow written by Rees Howell Gronow and published by Book Jungle. This book was released on 2010-02 with total page 142 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rees Howell Gronow (1794-1865) was a Welsh Grenadier Guards officer, an unsuccessful parliamentarian, and a writer of celebrated reminiscences. In 1813 he took part in the principal military operations in Spain. On 18 June 1823 he was broke and after some confinement was discharged from Debtors' Prison. He ran for Parliament several times but never won. He is mainly remembered for his four volumes of reminiscences. Reminiscences of Captain Gronow, formerly of the Grenadier Guards and M.P. for Stafford, being Anecdotes of the Camp, the Court, and the Clubs, at the close of the last War with France, related by himself, 1861 is the first of these volumes.
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Download or read book Recollections and Anecdotes written by Rees Howell Gronow and published by . This book was released on 1863 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Honoré de Balzac reference on p. 113.
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Download or read book Wellington s Men Remembered A Register of Memorials to Soldiers who Fought in the Peninsular War and at Waterloo written by Janet Bromley and published by Pen and Sword Military. This book was released on 2024-05-30 with total page 434 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Wellington's Men Remembered is a reference work which has been compiled on behalf of the Association of Friends of the Waterloo Committee and contains over 3,000 memorials to soldiers who fought in the Peninsular War and at Waterloo between 1808 and 1815, together with 150 battlefield and regimental memorials in 24 countries worldwide.
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