armstrong

A memoir from the first female cadet admitted to the Royal Military College of Canada. Kate Armstrong was an ordinary young woman eager to leave an abusive childhood behind her when she became the first female cadet admitted to the Royal Military College of Canada. As she struggled for survival in the ultimate boys’ club, she called on her fierce and humourous spirit to push back against the whims...

Tom Armstrong, commonly known by the common name of Captain Armstrong, could boast the amount of knowledge that he had or the discoveries he made. However, he is already 5 years retired. Armstrong’s companion, named Harold Coventry, was a young man of about six-and-twenty years. Like his companion, the sea was his passion, and although he was not a very wealthy man, he managed to explore every sea....

Na pierwszy rzut oka Richard Armstrong i Keith Townsend mają ze sobą niewiele wspólnego. Pierwszy z nich jest synem niepiśmiennego chłopa i pochodzi z najbardziej zacofanego krańca Europy, pogrążonej w strasznej wojnie. Drugi wychował się w pałacu, w kraju, gdzie wojna była niezbyt istotną wiadomością w gazecie. Pierwszy był kanciarzem i złodziejem, gotowym kłamać i zmieniać tożsamość dla własnej...