True Crime
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Alexandre Dumas - Celebrated Crimes, Vol. 6: Part 1: Joan of Naples
The celebrated crimes committed during the life of Joan (Joanna I) of Naples span from personal misdeeds (adulteries and mariticide) to regional warfare (like the 1345 War in the Piedmont), and ultimately unraveled...
3 hours 43 minutes
War & Military
807
Richmond Pearson Hobson - Sinking of the ''Merrimac''
During the Spanish-American War, Naval Constructor Hobson U.S.N. devised a plan to scuttle a ship in the channel leading to Santiago harbor in Cuba and thus bottle up the Spanish fleet at anchor in the bay. This book...
5 hours 19 minutes
Memoirs
795
Sidney Colvin - Letters of John Keats to His Family and Friends
These are the letters of John Keats, as written to family, close friends and others during his brief, eventful years as an artist. (However, the editor chose to exclude love letters to Fanny Brawne, respecting their...
15 hours 33 minutes
Humorous Fiction
992
Edwin Abbott Abbott - Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions (version 2)
This is a satirical novel written by Edwin A. Abbott, first published in 1884. Abbott uses a two-dimensional world, with himself as the protagonist, known simply as «A Square», to deride the Victorian aristocracy and...
4 hours 31 minutes
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