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Seven Days in The Riviera Letter Home From France
A World War I letter from Corporal W Ireland to Mr and Mrs Ireland recounts a rapid trip from s sur Tille to Monaco via Dijon and Marseilles. He describes the pleasant climate, Red Cross coffee, the Monaco principality and Palace, Monte Carlo Casino, Prince Albert, and the dangers and rumors surrounding suicide and disappearance linked to the casino and shipboard disposal of unidentified bodies.
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C. W. Ireland
W. Ireland
Corp
France
American Expeditionary Forces
Riviert
s-sur-Tille
Monaco
Dijon
Army Lise
Lyon
Marseilles
Red Cross
Mediterranean
California
Principality of
la Condaminie
Monte Carlo
Beausoleil
Royal Palace
Versailles
Prince Albert of
Italy
Germany
England
Belgium
Boston
Mags
Prince
Isle of
Corsica
Nice
Cimiez
Y. M.C
Q. M
J. P. Morgan
James Gordon Bennett
Queen Victoria
Victoria Hotel
Lerin Islands
Cannes
Riviera
Lerin Iislands
Edward VII
International Congress of the Red Cross
Menton
la Turbie
Augustus Caesar
Bar
Europe
Caesar
Napoleon