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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Man of the West: Daniel Boone

June 7, 2017
Editor’s note:  The following is excerpted from Hero Tales from American History, by Henry Cabot Lodge and Theodore Roosevelt Daniel Boone will always occupy a unique place in our history as the
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The Crowning of Charlemagne

June 3, 2017
Editor’s Note:  The following account is taken from Historical Tales, Vol. 6, by Charles Morris (published 1896). Charlemagne, the great king, had built himself an empire only surpassed by that of ancient
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Boadicea, the Heroine of Britain

May 25, 2017
Editor’s Note:  The following account is taken from Historical Tales, by Charles Morris (published 1896). Prasutagus, the king of the Icenians, a tribe of the ancient Britons, had amassed much wealth in
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Caesar and the Pirates

April 27, 2017
Editor’s Note:  The following is excerpted from Plutarch’s Life of Caesar (Dryden’s translation as revised by A. H. Clough, published 1905). After Sylla became master of Rome, he wished to make Caesar
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Man of the West: Nathan Hale

March 13, 2017
Editor’s Note:  The following is excerpted from The Lives of Patriots and Heroes, by John S. Jenkins (1847).  At the time this book was published, the memory of Nathan Hale, and his
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