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The Vendeans by Charlotte M. Yonge
1793 While the greater part of France had been falling into habits of self- indulgence, and from thence into infidelity…
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The Two Friends Of Syracuseby Charlotte M. Yonge
B.C. 380 (CIRCA) Most of the best and noblest of the Greeks held what was called the Pythagorean philosophy. This…
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The Stories Of Alcestis And Antigone by Charlotte M. Yonge
It has been said, that even the heathens saw and knew the glory of self- devotion; and the Greeks had…
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The Soldiers In The Snow by Charlotte M. Yonge
1672 Few generals had ever been more loved by their soldiers than the great Viscount de Turenne, who was Marshal…
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The Shepherd Girl Of Nanterre by Charlotte M. Yonge
A.D. 438 Four hundred years of the Roman dominion had entirely tamed the once wild and independent Gauls. Everywhere, except…
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The Second Of September by Charlotte M. Yonge
1792 The reign of the terrible Tzar was dreadful, but there was even a more dreadful time, that which might…
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The Rock Of The Capitol by Charlotte M. Yonge
B.C. 389 The city of Rome was gradually rising on the banks of the Tiber, and every year was adding…
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The Pass Of Thermopylae by Charlotte M. Yonge
B.C. 430 There was trembling in Greece. ‘The Great King’, as the Greeks called the chief potentate of the East,…
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The Last Fight In The Coliseum by Charlotte M. Yonge
The Last Fight In The ColiseumJean-Leon Gerome Pollice Verso, 1872A.D. 404 As the Romans grew prouder and more fond of…
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The Keys Of Calais by Charlotte M. Yonge
1347 Nowhere does the continent of Europe approach Great Britain so closely as at the straits of Dover, and when…
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