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An Irish officer's account of his own career, in which every posting ends in a scrape, a duel or a misunderstood proposal. This was Lever's first book, written while he was a country doctor, and it made him famous enough to give up medicine. This edition binds 49 plates by painters including Edvard Munch, Daniel Maclise and George Morland, alongside 8 restored and coloured illustrations.
An Irish officer's account of his own career, in which every posting ends in a scrape, a duel or a misunderstood proposal. This was Lever's first book, written while he was a country doctor, and it made him famous enough to give up medicine. This edition binds 49 plates by painters including Edva...
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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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