PGMantel

Raised in a home filled with books on Western civilization, P.G. Mantel became a lover of history at an early age. An amateur writer of verse, he makes himself useful as an editor for Men of the West.

June 6, 2019

History in Ancient Greece (Part 3): Thucydides

Editor’s note: The following is extracted from History, by Bernadotte Perrin (published 1912). (Go back to previous chapter) It was the attempt of the Oriental Persian Empire to conquer the Aegean basin which engaged the Homeric genius of Herodotus; Thucydides
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Sir Charles Napier

February 7, 2018
Editor’s note:  The following is extracted from Victorian Worthies, by G.H. Blore (published 1920).  All spelling in the original. The famous Napier brothers, Charles, George, and William, came of no mean parentage.
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"It Must Be Sunday"

February 5, 2018
Editor’s note:  The following is extracted from The Soul of the Soldier: Sketches from the Western Battle-Front, by Thomas Tiplady (published 1918).  Tiplady was a chaplain serving with the British Expeditionary Force
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The Battle Of Chalons, A.D. 451

January 31, 2018
Editor’s note:  The following is extracted from The Fifteen Decisive Battles of the World from Marathon to Waterloo, by Sir Edward Creasy (published 1851). A broad expanse of plains, the Campi Catalaunici
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Trajan

January 3, 2018
Editor’s note:  The following, written by J.S. Reid, is extracted from Soldiers and Sailors (Charles F. Horne, ed.), published 1894. The Roman Empire reached its greatest extent under Marcus Ulpius Traianus, the
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Rogers' Rangers

January 1, 2018
Editor’s note:  The following is extracted from Indian History for Young Folks, by Francis Samuel Drake (published 1919) The Indian’s style of fighting was suited to the forests in which he roamed.
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