With the first publication, in this edition, of all the surviving letters of Ernest Hemingway (1899-1961), readers will for the first time be able to follow the thoughts, ideas and actions of one of the great literary figures of the twentieth century in his own words.

This ebook is purpose built and is proof-read and re-type set from the original to provide an outstanding experience of reflowing text for an ebook reader. Earl St. Vincent was not only an excellent administrator, a fine sailor and undaunted defender of the Royal Navy. He was also eclipsed in the tomes of history by his more famous protégé, Lord Nelson. Sir John Jervis had served for many years with distinction before Nelson's birth; defending Jamaica...

Extrait : "J'ai donné mes fleurs et mon fruit : je ne suis plus qu'un tronc retentissant ; mais quiconque s'assied à mon ombre et m'entend, devient plus sage. Je ressemble en beaucoup de choses au papillon : comme lui j'aime la lumière ; comme lui j'y brûle ma vie ; comme lui j'ai besoin, pour déployer mes ailes, que dans la société il fasse beau autour de moi, et que mon esprits s'y sente environné et comme pénétré d'une douce température,...

Richard Henry Lee was a planter, merchant, politician, and a member of the prominent Lee family of Virginia. Son of Thomas Lee, Richard Henry Lee pursued his father's interest in westward expansion and was a key political figure during the American Revolution (1775—1783): it was Lee who, at the Second Continental Congress in 1776, made the motion to declare independence from Britain. Lee began his career as a justice of the peace for Westmoreland...