Project Gutenberg 2007-03-14 Public domain in the USA. 86 Williamson, C. N. (Charles Norris) 1859 1920 Williamson, Charles Norris Williamson, A. M. (Alice Muriel) 1869 1933 Williamson, Alice Muriel Williamson, Mrs. C. N. A Soldier of the Legion Produced by Suzanne Shell, Graeme Mackreth and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "A Soldier of the Legion" by C. N. Williamson and A. M. Williamson is a novel written in the early 20th century. The story begins at a ball at Fort Ellsworth, where the young officer Max Doran waits eagerly for the arrival of Billie Brookton, a dazzling actress, with whom he has become romantically involved. The narrative hints at themes of love, ambition, and the complications of duty, set against a backdrop of military life and societal expectations. At the start of the novel, the atmosphere is vibrant with excitement as Max anticipates Billie's entrance at the ball. The narrative introduces us to their budding romance, showcasing Billie as somewhat self-absorbed, while Max is depicted as earnest and devoted. However, their moment of joy is disrupted by the arrival of an urgent telegram, revealing that Max's mother has been injured in a motor accident. This shocking news sends him rushing to New York, marking the beginning of a tumultuous journey that intertwines personal sacrifice with revelations about identity and family, suggesting deeper crises and choices that will unfold as the story progresses. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Africa -- Fiction Adventure stories Man-woman relationships -- Fiction France. Armée. Légion étrangère -- Fiction PR Text Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: Fiction 611065 611074 2024-09-09T07:12:42.026864 2023-09-09T09:42:59.661260 text/html text/html 615889 2007-03-14T10:52:26 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 297538 2007-03-14T10:52:28 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 308885 2024-09-09T07:12:48.458836 application/epub+zip 318318 2024-09-09T07:12:42.763837 application/epub+zip 312161 2024-09-09T07:12:42.387852 application/epub+zip 499521 2024-09-09T07:12:53.608784 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 461105 2024-09-09T07:12:48.119849 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 455257 2022-09-10T04:18:17.068719 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 591935 591833 2024-09-09T07:12:41.026873 2023-09-09T09:42:58.883234 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 591474 2007-03-14T10:52:26 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 229055 2007-03-14T10:52:28 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 591548 2007-03-14T10:52:26 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 228935 2007-03-14T10:52:28 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 22116669 2007-03-14T13:46:32 application/octet-stream application/zip 22657 2024-09-09T07:12:53.759777 application/rdf+xml 17397 2024-09-09T07:12:42.483833 image/jpeg 2785 2024-09-09T07:12:42.435832 image/jpeg 297505 2024-09-09T07:12:42.083888 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia en.wikipedia