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Leo The Slave by Charlotte M. Yonge
A.D. 533 The Franks had fully gained possession of all the north of Gaul, except Brittany. Chlodweh had made them…
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How One Man Has Saved A Host by Charlotte M. Yonge
B.C. 507 There have been times when the devotion of one man has been the saving of an army. Such,…
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Heroes Of The Plague by Charlotte M. Yonge
1576–1665–1721 When our Litany entreats that we may be delivered from ‘plague, pestilence, and famine’, the first of these words…
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Guzman El Bueno by Charlotte M. Yonge
1293 In the early times of Spanish history, before the Moors had been expelled from the peninsula, or the blight…
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Gunpowder Perils by Charlotte M. Yonge
1700 The wild history of Ireland contains many a frightful tale, but also many an action of the noblest order;…
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George The Triller by Charlotte M. Yonge
1455 I. ‘Why, Lady dear, so sad of cheer?Hast waked the livelong night?’‘My dreams foreshow my children’s woe,Ernst bold and…
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Fort St. Elmo by Charlotte M. Yonge
1565 The white cross of the Order of St. John waved on the towers of Rhodes for two hundred and…
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Fathers And Sons by Charlotte M. Yonge
219–1642–1798 One of the noblest characters in old Roman history is the first Scipio Africanus, and his first appearance is…
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Faithful Till Death by Charlotte M. Yonge
1308 One of the ladies most admired by the ancient Romans was Arria, the wife of Caecina Paetus, a Roman…
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The Flood by Emile Zola
The FloodSaint Felicity, colour engraving, date unknownI. My name is Louis Roubien. I am seventy years old. I was born…
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