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Complete and unabridged, with 24 full-page plates by George Morland, Lionel Bicknell Constable and Horace Vernet. A young guardsman posted to Dublin Castle finds the viceregal court a school of horsemanship, cards and misunderstanding. Lever wrote the military comedies that made his name at this pitch - fast, loud and forgiving. This edition adds a gallery of 24 plates of military painting by Denis Dighton, Aleksander Orłowski and others, alongside 30 illustrations restored and coloured for this edition.
Complete and unabridged, with 24 full-page plates by George Morland, Lionel Bicknell Constable and Horace Vernet. A young guardsman posted to Dublin Castle finds the viceregal court a school of horsemanship, cards and misunderstanding. Lever wrote the military comedies that made his name at this ...
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Charles Lever (1806-1872) was an Irish novelist born in Dublin, a physician who practised through a cholera epidemic before turning to fiction. He edited the Dublin University Magazine and later served as British consul in Trieste. His works include The Confessions of Harry Lorrequer, Charles O'Malley, Jack Hinton, and Lord Kilgobbin.
Charles Lever (1806-1872) was an Irish novelist born in Dublin, a physician who practised through a cholera epidemic before turning to fiction. He edited the Dublin University Magazine and later served as British consul in Trieste. His works include The Confessions of Harry Lorrequer, Charles O'M...
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