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General Sir Robert Thomas Wilson : History of the British Expedition to Egypt

Passages transcribed into E. M. Forster, Commonplace Book (1938) include General R. T. Wilson's account of five British sailors' purchase of a woman sold at auction by Arabs.

Century: 1900-1945     Reader/Listener/Group: Edward Morgan Forster      Print: Book

Sir Robert Thomas Wilson : Private diary of travels, personal services, and public events ...

Marginal marks show signs of George Otto Trevelyan's close reading, as of a proof - he corrects errors, e.g. where the text says "many would prefer expatriating themselves forever to America to serving under the Buonaparte dynasty", GOT crosses through "Buoanparte" and substitutes "Bourbon".

Century:      Reader/Listener/Group: George Otto Trevelyan      Print: Book

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