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Cerise: A Tale of the Last Century
Cerise: A Tale of the Last Century
Cerise: A Tale of the Last Century
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George John Whyte-Melville (1821 – 1878) was a Scottish novelist much concerned with field sports, and also a poet. Most of his works are set in the realms of the hunting field or historical romance. He took a break in the mid-1850s to serve as an officer of Turkish irregular cavalry in the Crimean War.
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"But Versailles was not France, and at Versailles nothing seemed free but the birds and the children."
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Release dateJun 3, 2022
ISBN8596547053866
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