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John Le Carré
Name at birth: David John Moore CornwellJohn Le Carré was the nom de plume of David Cornwell, an English author of literary spy novels with labyrinthine plots and an air of disillusionment. A master…Poems: Le Directeur
by T. S. Eliot A Cooking EggMélange adultí¨re de toutLe Directeur Malheur à la malheureuse Tamise! Tamisel Qui coule si pres du Spectateur. Le directeur Conservateur Du Spectateur Empeste…Oliphant, Margaret Oliphant (Wilson)
(Encyclopedia) Oliphant, Margaret Oliphant (Wilson), 1828–97, Scottish author. She was widowed at the age of 31 and subsequently supported her own three children and her brother and his family.…Waynesboro
(Encyclopedia) Waynesboro, city (1990 pop. 18,549), surrounded by but politically independent of August co., central Va., in the Shenandoah valley; settled c.1736, inc. as a city 1948. An industrial…Le
(Encyclopedia) Le. For names beginning thus and not listed here, see second element; e.g., for Le Havre, see Havre, Le.Le Moyne, François
(Encyclopedia) Le Moyne, Le Moine, or Lemoine, FrançoisLe Moyne, Le Moine, or Lemoine, Françoisall: fräNswäˈ lə mwänˈ [key], 1688–1737, French painter. After a stay in Venice in 1723, he developed a…Cedar Creek
(Encyclopedia) Cedar Creek, small tributary of the North Fork of the Shenandoah River, N of Strasburg, N Va. It was the scene of a Civil War battle (Oct. 19, 1864) in which Union general P. H.…Le Daim, Olivier
(Encyclopedia) Le Daim or Le Dain, OlivierLe Daim or Le Dain, Olivierboth: ôlēvyāˈ lə dăN [key], d. 1484, favorite of King Louis XI of France. His original surname was Necker. Beginning as the king's…De Forest, John William
(Encyclopedia) De Forest, John WilliamDe Forest, John Williamdə fôrˈəst, fŏrˈ– [key], 1826–1906, American author, b. Seymour, Conn. He served in the Civil War, chiefly as a captain. His vivid…Fort Sill
(Encyclopedia) Fort Sill, U.S. military reservation, Comanche co., SW Okla., 4 mi (6.4 km) N of Lawton; est. 1869 by Gen. Philip Sheridan. A 95,000-acre (38,445-hectare) field artillery and missile…Trending
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