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June 4, 2019

History in Ancient Greece (Part 2): Herodotus

Editor’s note: The following is extracted from History, by Bernadotte Perrin (published 1912). (Go back to previous chapter) But the Ancient History of the Greeks never emancipated itself wholly from the influence of the epic poems. The revolt against it

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.

"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

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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