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Queen Elizabeth

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Edward Spencer Beesly


A biography of Queen Elizabeth the First, the last monarch of the Tudors. (Summary by Brendan Stallard)

Montcalm and Wolfe

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Francis Parkman, Jr.


Francis Parkman (1823-1893) has been hailed as one of America's great nineteenth century historians, along with William Prescott, John Lothr…

The Old Régime in Canada

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Francis Parkman, Jr.


Francis Parkman is an nineteenth century American historian. He devoted most of his life to a seven volume history of "The French and E…

The History of England, from the Accession of James II - (Volume 4, Chapter 21)

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Thomas Babington Macaulay


This is volume 4 chapter 21 of a series of books written by the Baron Macaulay (1800-1859) in the 19th century. It starts with a brief resum…

The History of England, from the Accession of James II - (Volume 5, Chapter 25)

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Thomas Babington Macaulay


This is volume 5, chapter 25 of a series of books written by the Baron Macaulay (1800-1859) and published after his death.To quote from the …

Life in the Grey Nunnery at Montreal

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Life in the Grey Nunnery was first published in Boston, in 1857 by Edward P. Hood, who was credited as the book's editor. It is likely that …

20 - Ch. 20: Going from Home

In East Lynne

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Mrs. Henry Wood


Ellen Wood (1814-1887) was an English novelist, better known as Mrs. Henry Wood. She wrote over 30 novels, many of which (especially East Ly…

In which Frale goes down to Farington in his own Way

In The Mountain Girl

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Payne Erskine


A delightful love-story, genuinely American in feeling and treatment. The story is stirring, the heroine is ideal. (Summary by the Chicago T…

Chapter 7, Part 1

In The Betrothed (I Promessi Sposi)

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Alessandro Manzoni


The Betrothed (I Promessi Sposi) presents a kaleidoscope of individual stories, which are all tied together by the story of Lucia and Renzo,…

10 - Chapter 10

In The Wife of the Secretary of State

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Ella Middleton Tybout


In this political thriller set at the turn of the 20th century, several lives, both of Washington insiders and those on the periphery, inter…

05 - Letters 24 to 29

In The Letters of Lord Nelson to Lady Hamilton, Volume I

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Horatio Nelson


Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson, 1st Duke of Bronté, KB (29 September 1758 – 21 October 1805) was an English flag officer famous …