Douglas William Jerrold (1803-1857) war ein englischer Schriftsteller, der auch als Journalist tatig war und Madame Kaudels Gardinenpredigten zunachst als Comic im Punch Magazine veroffentlichte. Spater wurden diese im Buchformat herausgegeben und erfreuten sich internationaler Beliebtheit. Sie umfassen die Lektionen und Gedanken der verstorbenen Ehefrau Balthasar Kaudels, die sie ihrem Mann Nacht fur Nacht vorm Schlafengehen predigte und tief in sein Gedachtnis einbrannte. Ergebnis dessen ist ein humoristischer und amusierender Einblick in die Welt der viktorianischen Mittelschicht....

The Great War campaigns of one of the Royal Naval division battalions
The campaigns of the Royal Naval Brigades have always fascinated students of military history. During several notable campaigns of the Victorian era including the Crimean War, the Indian Mutiny, the Zulu War and the Boer War these 'sailors without ships' left their natural element (invariably dragging and pulling their guns with them) to do battle alongside their comrades of the British Army. The story of the naval brigades of the First World War was somewhat different for here were units, named for the great admirals...

The Great War campaigns of one of the Royal Naval division battalions
The campaigns of the Royal Naval Brigades have always fascinated students of military history. During several notable campaigns of the Victorian era including the Crimean War, the Indian Mutiny, the Zulu War and the Boer War these 'sailors without ships' left their natural element (invariably dragging and pulling their guns with them) to do battle alongside their comrades of the British Army. The story of the naval brigades of the First World War was somewhat different for here were units, named for the great admirals...

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