Lord William Beresford, V.C., Some Memories of a Famous Sportsman, Soldier and Wit
By Mrs. Stuart Menzies
Length9h 54m
About this audiobook
Excerpt: "In my memory there are silhouetted against the horizon of the past a few figures (amongst the many kind friends who have journeyed with me) who stand alone, whose greatness of character singled them from their fellows, others whose splendid works for state or humanity have marked them, but I pause before a figure that would have told us he was nothing in particular, yet few men have been so loved, so universally popular as the late Lord William Beresford, V.C., one of the most charming characters and greatest personalities of the age, a brave and gallant soldier, a loyal and faithful friend, possessing an extraordinarily generous nature. A man has not lived for nothing, and must be something in particular, when his friends can truly say that of him."
Audiobook details
GenreBiography and Memoir
Length9 hrs 54 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateJan 13, 2021
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1INTRODUCTION
2ILLUSTRATIONS
3CHAPTER I EARLY DAYS
4CHAPTER II GOOD-BYE TO ENGLAND
5CHAPTER III JOINS VICEROY’S STAFF
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6CHAPTER IV HE WINS THE V.C.
7CHAPTER V THE VICEROY RETIRES
8CHAPTER VI AN IDEAL MILITARY SECRETARY
9CHAPTER VII EARLY RACING EXPERIENCES
10CHAPTER VIII LORD RIPON LEAVES INDIA
11CHAPTER IX LORD DUFFERIN’S VICEROYALTY
12CHAPTER X DEAR LONDON AGAIN
13CHAPTER XI SOME SPORTING MEMORIES
14CHAPTER XII A WINNING YEAR
15CHAPTER XIII THE FAMOUS FAREWELL DINNER
16CHAPTER XIV HIS MARRIAGE
17CHAPTER XV BRINGS TOD SLOAN TO ENGLAND
18CHAPTER XVI LAST YEARS
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