A Diplomatic Adventure

A Diplomatic Adventure

A Diplomatic AdventureNo man has ever been able to write the history of the greater years of...
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Author: Mitchell, S. Weir (Silas Weir),1829-1914
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A Diplomatic Adventure

A Diplomatic Adventure

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A Diplomatic Adventure

$19.99 $9.99
Author: Mitchell, S. Weir (Silas Weir),1829-1914
Format: eBook
Language: English

A Diplomatic Adventure

No man has ever been able to write the history of the greater years of a nation so as to include the minor incidents of interest. They pass unnoted, although in some cases they may have had values influential in determining the course of events. It chanced that I myself was an actor in one of these lesser incidents, when second secretary to our legation in France, during the summer of 1862. I may possibly overestimate the ultimate importance of my adventure, for Mr. Adams, our minister of the court of St. James, seems to have failed [Pg 4]to record it, or, at least, there is no allusion to it in his biography. In the perplexing tangle of the diplomacy of the darker days of our civil war, many strange stories must have passed unrecorded, but surely none of those remembered and written were more singular than the occurrences which disturbed the quiet of my uneventful official life in the autumn of 1862. Somewhere about the beginning of July I had occasion to engage a new servant, and of this it becomes needful to speak because the man I took chanced to play a part in the little drama which at last involved many more important people. ......Buy Now (To Read More)

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Ebook Number: 30585
Author: Mitchell, S. Weir (Silas Weir)
Release Date: Dec 2, 2009
Format: eBook
Language: English

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