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War & Military

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Charles William Chadwick Oman - Warwick the Kingmaker

Richard Neville, 16th Earl of Warwick (1428-1471), wealthy and powerful peer of England, was one of the leaders of the Wars of the Roses (1455-1487). He joined Richard, Duke of York in opposing the ineffectual and...

Pamela Nagami 7 hours 8 minutes

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Literary Criticism

496

Thomas Alfred Spalding - Elizabethan Demonology

Elizabethan Demonology: An Essay in Illustration of the Belief in the Existence of Devils, and the Powers Possessed By Them, as It Was Generally Held during the Period of the Reformation, and the Times Immediately...

Eva Davis 4 hours 16 minutes

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War & Military

467

Agnes Mary Frances Robinson - Margaret of Angoulême, Queen of Navarre

Margaret of Angoulême, Queen of Navarre (Marguerite de Navarre), (1492-1549), was the sister of Francis I, King of France. She was highly-educated and was courted by the future Henry VIII of England. However, at the...

Pamela Nagami 7 hours 37 minutes

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Beacon Lights of History, Vol 6: Renaissance and Reformation

Middle Ages/Middle History

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John Lord - Beacon Lights of History, Vol 6: Renaissance and Reformation

Volume 6 blends literature, exploration, science, and the start of Protestantism with discussions of Chaucer, Dante, Luther and others. — Summary by KHand

KHand 9 hours 24 minutes

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Biography & Autobiography

495

Jacob Abbott - King Alfred of England

The life and accomplishments of England's sole title holder of «The Great.» King Alfred defended England from Viking invasions and ushered in an era of learning and progress for the British Isles. Summary by Ryan...

Ryan Cherrick 5 hours 1 minute

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History of the Norwegian People, Volume 1

Antiquity

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Knut Gjerset - History of the Norwegian People, Volume 1

A detailed and exhaustive history of the Norwegian People, written in two volumes. The author, Knut Gjerset, was born in Western Norway in 1865 and immigrated to Chippewa County, Minnesota, in the US with his parents...

Ærik Bjørnsson 16 hours 32 minutes

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War & Military

438

Thomas Frederick Tout - Edward the First

Edward I of England (1239-1307) will always be remembered as the «Hammer of the Scots» who condemned William Wallace (Braveheart) to a traitor's death in 1297. But Edward was one of England's greatest statesman-kings....

Pamela Nagami 8 hours 6 minutes

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Middle Ages/Middle History

420

John Brown - History of the English Bible

The celebration of the Tercentenary of the Authorized Version of the English Bible of 1611 has called into existence the little book here presented to the reader's notice. It is the brief repetition of a story...

MaryAnn 3 hours 11 minutes

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Beacon Lights of History, Vol 5: The Middle Ages

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John Lord - Beacon Lights of History, Vol 5: The Middle Ages

Volume 5 continues the commentary on world history begun in the first four volumes. This volume looks at some of the main religious figures of the Middle Ages, as well as social issues like the Crusades and the feudal...

KHand 8 hours 42 minutes

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War & Military

441

Mandell Creighton - Cardinal Wolsey

Cardinal Thomas Wolsey (1473-1530) will always be remembered as the Lord Chancellor who fell from power when he failed to obtain the annulment of King Henry VIII's marriage to Catherine of Aragon. The eminent British...

Pamela Nagami 7 hours 30 minutes

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General

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Charles Morris - Historical Tales, Volume VII: Spanish

Volume VII of a series containing anecdotes and stories, some well-known, others less so, of particular countries. This seventh volume covers the history of Spain from before the Moorish conquest to the loss of...

Kalynda 7 hours 59 minutes Historical Tales

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Saga of the Greenlanders (Reeves Translation)

Middle Ages/Middle History

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Unknown - Saga of the Greenlanders (Reeves Translation)

The Saga of the Greenlanders is one of the two important thirteenth-century accounts of the Norse explorations of Greenland and North America, along with the Saga of Erik the Red. The two accounts describe many of the...

Expatriate 1 hour 7 minutes

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Stolen Bacillus and other stories H. G. Wells

Eight Keys to Eden Mark Clifton

Songs of Innocence and Experience (version 2) William Blake

Russian Realities and Problems: Lectures delivered at Cambridge in August 1916

Short Story Collection Vol. 081

Around the World with the Children Frank G. Carpenter

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