Maurice Baring - Orpheus in Mayfair and Other Stories and Sketches: Or it was a mistake. I knew it was too good to be true
Maurice Baring OBE was born on 27th April 1874 in Mayfair, London. He was the fifth son of eight children to Edward Charles Baring, first Baron Revelstoke, of the Baring banking family, and his wife Louisa Emily Charlotte Bulteel.After the obligatory years at Eton College he went to Trinity College, Cambridge. His early career in the diplomatic service was cut short but it gave him a thirst for travel and he did so widely, particularly in Russia. During the Russo-Japanese war of 1904/5 he reported as an eye-witness for the London Morning Post.In 1909 Baring, who thought of himself as agnostic, converted to Roman Catholicism. A decision which…
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- ISBN: 978-1-78780-449-4
- EAN: 9781787804494
- Produktnummer: 32639613
- Verlag: Lightning Source Inc
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2019
- Seitenangabe: 94 S.
- Masse: H22.9 cm x B15.2 cm x D0.6 cm 150 g
- Gewicht: 150
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