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Books with author John William Fortescue

  • Stella Maris

    William John

    (William John Locke, July 4, 2017)
    That was not her real name. No one could have christened an inoffensive babe so absurdly. Her mother had, indeed, through the agency of godfathers and godmothers, called her Stella after a rich old maiden aunt, thereby showing her wisdom; for the maiden aunt died gratefully a year after the child was born, and bequeathed to her a comfortable fortune. Her father had given her the respectable patronymic of Blount, which, as all the world knows, or ought to know, is not pronounced as it is spelled. It is not pronounced “Maris,” however, as, in view of the many vagaries of British nomenclature, it might very well be, but “Blunt.” It was Walter Herold, the fantastic, who tacked on the Maris to her Christian name, and ran the two words together so that to all and sundry the poor child became Stellamaris, and to herself a baptismal puzzle, never being quite certain whether Stella was not a pert diminutive, and whether she ought to subscribe herself in formal documents as “Stellamaris Blount.”
  • The Drummer's Coat

    John William Fortescue

    Hardcover (Forgotten Books, March 21, 2018)
    Excerpt from The Drummer's CoatAnd fainter, till at last they end in a little patch of purple heather, which seems to be the end of all things.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
  • The Drummer's Coat

    J. W. (John William) Fortescue

    Paperback (Fili-Quarian Classics, July 12, 2010)
    The Drummer's Coat is presented here in a high quality paperback edition. This popular classic work by J. W. (John William) Fortescue is in the English language, and may not include graphics or images from the original edition. If you enjoy the works of J. W. (John William) Fortescue then we highly recommend this publication for your book collection.