- Biography, History, Gordon, charles george, 1833-1885, Great britain, biography
“He has chosen for the subjects of his full-length portraits, not artists nor men of original genius, but three men, and one woman, of action—Cardinal Manning, Florence Nightingale, Dr Arnold, and General Gordon.
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Cool, prestige, character-led and grave.
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- unpretentiousprestige
- character-ledplot-driven
- gravecomic
- rawmeticulous
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About the book
- Author
- Giles Lytton Strachey
- First published
- October 27, 2006
- Pages
- 315
- Publisher
- G. P. Putnam's Sons, Lightning Source Inc, Kessinger Publishing
- Editions
- 61
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780140006490
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First sentence
“Henry Edward Manning was born in 1807 and died in 1892.”
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