Going to extremes the adventurous life of Harry de Windt / Stephen Wade.
| Author/creator | Wade, Stephen, 1948- |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | South Yorkshire, England : Pen & Sword Discovery, [2016] |
| Description | 192 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map ; 24 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Public Library Complete |
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| Abstract | Harry de Windt (1856-1933) was a man who, by any standards, was a personality, a marked presence in the world of Victorian and Edwardian literature and social life. He was a member of the literary circle around Oscar Wilde and his friend and lover, Bosie (Lord Alfred Douglas); he was active in the world of the turf; and he travelled - he took on dangerous journeys with relish, crossing vast tracts of the British and Russian empires for the sheer thrill of it. This book traces his life and adventures, at home and abroad, and also gives an account of his early work on military service in Sarawak, Malaysia, his expert knowledge of the Russian prison system, and his later Great War role running a POW camp. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (184-188) and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2017304021 |
| ISBN | 9781473863545 |