Ron Pearse: 2 books

The misadventures of Captain Stobo describe the mishaps and exploits of a British soldier, drawn from his memoirs, who fought in the Battle of Quebec in 1775. Stobo’s language is somewhat deferential and even obsequious, which suited his purpose and his times. Moreover, he considered the Colonial...

There is talk today of a gulf between the rich and the poor people of England. In the time of this story, there was a huge disparity between the lower and higher classes, between commoners and the nobility--and yet a pauper, a woman named Abigail Hill, managed to bridge that gulf. Through misfortune...