Nellie Bly is the pen name of Elizabeth Cochrane Seaman, an accomplished journalist, inventor and adventurer.
The advice is mostly conservative and sensible.Avoid excess, budget, don’t take on too much, or any, debt and, of course, live within your means.
Lord Byron (22 January, 1788 – 19 April, 1824) was an English aristocrat and a romantic poet who is known for his work as well as his scandalous private life.
I truly enjoyed this book and the linked stories that go along with it.
It seems that Molière enjoyed antagonizing people even those from his inner, aristocratic circle making fun of infidelity and such.
This novel is an exciting, fast paced page turner with many themes
The book is really a battle of wits between The Great Houdini and Margery, who despite their competition came to like one another (for a time).
Wilkie Collins (8 January, 1824 – 23 September, 1889) was a popular English author best known for The Woman in White and The Moonstone. Mr. Collins is credited with writing novels full of intrigue and mystery, forerunners to today’s popular detective novels.
There is a lot of information in this book, very insightful and sometimes dramatic, goes back and forth between policies, institutionalize racism and stories
This book should be read by anyone who is interested in military history or is aspiring to leading troops.
