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Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc Vol I
by Mark TwainThis may be the only book for which Mark Twain has done extensive research which spanned across 12 years in France. This book can be better described as a historical fiction biography of the controversial, beautiful and modest French warrior Joan of Arc. The biography of Joan of Arc has been written as a fascinating story of love, faith and innocen..
Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc Vol II
by Mark TwainThis is the second volume of the Mark Twain's portrayal of Joan of Arc as not Just heroine of French war. As this book is quite different from rest of Mark Twain works, he had his own doubt in publishing it in his name. It is believed the author had personally asked the publisher to release this work anonymously, as the reader might expect th..
Cambridge and its Story
by Charles William StubbsCambridge and its Story is written by Charles William Stubbs, a English historian and Bishop of Oxford. While there are many historical works are written in the literary world, one could expect why not a historical book about an entity which has created the literary world. Perhaps this book could be one among them which narrates the story of t..
Narrative of the Captivity and Restoration of Mrs. Mary Rowlandson
by RowlandsonNarrative of the Captivity and Restoration of Mrs. Mary Rowlandson is a work of captivity narratives, which reflects the captive point of view of the horrific experiences of unwarranted life in the jungles. This book narrates the incident which took place during King Philip’s war, Mary (White) Rowlandson, a colonial woman was captured after an atta..
The Remarkable History of the Hudson's Bay Company
by George BryceThe Remarkable History of the Hudson's Bay Company is a narrative of the world’s oldest commercial corporation and still surviving company written by George Bryce, a Canadian author remembered for his writings such as Red River Colony and Hudson's Bay Company. This book details the Hudson’s Bay companies formation, their first voyage for trade, ..
De Bello Gallico and Other Commentaries
by Julius Caesar"De Bello Gallico" and Other Commentaries is the narrative of the historical Gallic Wars and The civil war written by Gaius Julius Caesar, who was a Roman general and Latin Prose writer. Though there are debates on his other writing, he has been attributed to the war narrative books such as On the Alexandrine War, On the African War, and On the His..
Uncle Bernac - A Memory of the Empir
by Arthur Conan DoyleI dare say that I had already read my uncle's letter a hundred times, and I am sure that I knew it by heart. None the less I took it out of my pocket, and, sitting on the side of the lugger, I went over it again with as much attention as if it were for the first time. It was written in a prim, angular hand, such as one might expect from a man who h..
Augustus - The Life and Times of the Founder of the Roman Empire
by E. S. ShuckburghAugustus has been much less attractive to biographers than Iulius; perhaps because the soldier is more interesting than the statesman; perhaps because the note of genius conspicuous in the Uncle was wanting in the Nephew. Yet Augustus was the most successful ruler known to us. He found his world, as it seemed, on the verge of complete collapse. He ..