Books with author Lewis Wingfield

Excerpt from The Maid of Honour, Vol. 3 of 3: A Tale of the Dark Days of FranceIT was a matter of imperative necessity to beat down at once the protecting barriers within which the victim had ensconced herself, and here was the first difficulty to be conquered. It was evident that Gabrielle's written ultimatum called for a reply. At the suggestion, Clovis fairly winced. Was he to grovel in the mud, and accept her humiliating terms?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.

Excerpt from The Maid of Honour, Vol. 1 of 3: A Tale of the Dark Days of FranceWhat if whole villages were decimated by famine? What if plague and star vation stalked through the towns? My lords and my ladies cared not, for they were poised too high to see. Were the grovelling creatures slaves or insects? Slaves, for they delved patiently, with moans that were vain bleatings as of sheep; whereas outraged insects for the most part sting.We all know that the first duty of serfs is to labour for their betters their second, when the worn machinery is out of gear, to retire underground with promptitude. How unseemly - nay, revolting, therefore.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.

Excerpt from The Maid of Honour, Vol. 1 of 3: A Tale of the Dark Days of FranceWhat if whole villages were decimated by famine? What if plague and star vation stalked through the towns? My lords and my ladies cared not, for they were poised too high to see. Were the grovelling creatures slaves or insects? Slaves, for they delved patiently, with moans that were vain bleatings as of sheep; whereas outraged insects for the most part sting.We all know that the first duty of serfs is to labour for their betters their second, when the worn machinery is out of gear, to retire underground with promptitude. How unseemly - nay, revolting, therefore.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.

Excerpt from The Storm of a Hidden Life, Vol. 1 of 3It was clear that this was not a dream. What could have happened and where was I From the low surrounding hum I could learn nothing; I remembered nothing, but only knew that my temples throbbed and that my tongue was rough, and that a vague suspicion was creeping over me that there must be something wrong. Looking in a dazed way out of a barred window, beyond the groups of people in the outer hall, I be held a street that I had never seen before, flecked by dazzling sunlight and sharp shadows which told my practised eye that it was midday. There were men and women moving briskly along this unknown street.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.

Excerpt from The Storm of a Hidden Life, Vol. 1 of 3It was clear that this was not a dream. What could have happened and where was I From the low surrounding hum I could learn nothing; I remembered nothing, but only knew that my temples throbbed and that my tongue was rough, and that a vague suspicion was creeping over me that there must be something wrong. Looking in a dazed way out of a barred window, beyond the groups of people in the outer hall, I be held a street that I had never seen before, flecked by dazzling sunlight and sharp shadows which told my practised eye that it was midday. There were men and women moving briskly along this unknown street.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.

Excerpt from Gehenna, Vol. 1 of 3: Or Havens of UnrestRetrospect is not an enlivening occupation, and the doctor grew sad under the process; but for all that he could be thankful for small mercies - glad, for instance, that he had an easy chair to sit in, a fire to poke, a kettle on the hob, and a whisky-bottle by his side - four attri butes of bliss unattainable to many a wretched fellow Londoner that Christmas Eve.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.

Excerpt from Gehenna or Havens of Unrest, Vol. 3 of 3As she remained a mystery who might break up at any minute, and stir up mud as she disappeared, she was one to be treated as a toy. The wife of Dyson Grove - nobody bothered about the master - was another mat ter. Those who ate strawberries and cream there - the ladies Adela and Gwendoline, my Lady Gumshoos and Lady Virginia Creeper, and all their set - oared not a fig about the Dysons, low, vulgar people who had made a fortune out of blacking or hair oil, and who might be enjoyed without being known; but when their own beloved Brunhilde showed that she meant to settle down, and laid claims to maintaining her place, the situation was altered. The jars of blacking and the bottles of hair oil must be kept well in the background. Never, under any circumstances, must one or the other he mentioned at the gatherings which the e'lite condescended to attend; yet it was well to be assured that they were there in their thousands unseen, but valuable - and that the cream in their vicinity ran no risk of curdling.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.

Excerpt from Gehenna, Vol. 1 of 3: Or Havens of UnrestRetrospect is not an enlivening occupation, and the doctor grew sad under the process; but for all that he could be thankful for small mercies - glad, for instance, that he had an easy chair to sit in, a fire to poke, a kettle on the hob, and a whisky-bottle by his side - four attri butes of bliss unattainable to many a wretched fellow Londoner that Christmas Eve.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.

Excerpt from The Maid of Honour, Vol. 3 of 3: A Tale of the Dark Days of FranceIT was a matter of imperative necessity to beat down at once the protecting barriers within which the victim had ensconced herself, and here was the first difficulty to be conquered. It was evident that Gabrielle's written ultimatum called for a reply. At the suggestion, Clovis fairly winced. Was he to grovel in the mud, and accept her humiliating terms?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.