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Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve ...

Excerpt from Tchay and Chianti: Or Wanderings in Russia and ItalyWho would expect in Moscow to see Lom bard fourteenth-century walls or Italian brick mouldings? Or, again, to find masterpieces of such painters as Raphael and Fra Sebastiano del Piombo, and collections of Gubbio, Urbino. And Castel Durante wares? In this way, it is true, there is perhaps no country in Europe which could not be found directly in relation to that Italy whose amazi...

Excerpt from Queen Joanna I, of Naples, Sicily, and Jerusalem, Countess of Provence, Forcalquier and Piedmont: An Essay on Her TimesOur particular warfare, however, passive though it be, is clearly not so much with calumniators, of whom we know there have been plenty, nor with advocates of truth, of whom, strange to say, there have been few, though strong, but it is with gross misstate ments, partisan narratives, and a sort of tropical atmosph...

Trieste Publishing has a massive catalogue of classic book titles. Our aim is to provide readers with the highest quality reproductions of fiction and non-fiction literature that has stood the test of time. The many thousands of books in our collection have been sourced from libraries and private collections around the world.The titles that Trieste Publishing has chosen to be part of the collection have been scanned to simulate the original. O...

Bedoueen Legends - and other poems is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1883.Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and nutrition, medicine, and other genres. As a publisher we focus on the preservation of historical literature. Many works of historical writers and scientists are available today as antiques only. Hansebooks newly ...

Excerpt from Robert the Wise and His Heirs, 1278-1352Nearly eighty years later, in I 130, Antip0pe anacletus, in order to recompense the faction which supported him, sent a Legate to Palermo, whom he commissioned to elevate the Countship into a Kingdom, by crowning Count Roger Sovereign of Sicily. In return, King Roger materially assisted his benefactor. Upon the death of Anacletus.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thous...

Excerpt from Cotteswold Manor: Being the History of PainswickHere, too, amid shaggy forests and rocky ridges have once wandered wolf and boar and red-deer (as today do the badger and the fox), and have prowled at night round rude homesteads where now ¿ourish strong fields of grain, girt round with thorn hedges, or with dry walls of local stone, interrupted here and there with falling woods that summer will presently favour with ¿owers and abou...

Excerpt from Bedoueen Legends: And Other PoemsI have thus far spoken of the original work which is the remote parent of the ensuing poems, and I now feel it necessary to say something of the Hero himself, of Abla his spouse, and of the land of his exploits.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. ...

Excerpt from Charles III. Of Naples and Urban Vi, , And, Cecco D'ascoli, Poet, Astrologer, Physician: Two Historical EssaysUnfortunately, a life-long jealousy and enmity had subsisted between the King of Hungary and his cousin, Queen Joanna, owing to the bitter family divisions which had formerly culminated in the assassination of his brother Andrew, her first hus band, in 1345. These feelings, though necessarily moderated by time, and by veng...

Excerpt from Legend of the Death of Antar: An Eastern Romance, Also Lyrical Poems Songs, and SonnetsMight seems bootless enough, and Wisdom - a queer man's dream Even so are the ¿owering boughs set adrift on the passionate stream. Yet Wisdom is lordship of gladness, and glory it is to be Strong, And allied unto Beauty by Love, They make Life like unto Song!About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic b...

About the Book Books about the History of Christianity discuss the origins and development of the Christian religion over the past two millennia, during which time Christianity spread throughout Europe, went through a Protestant Reformation in the 16th and 16th centuries, and developed several branches, including Orthodoxy, and from the Roman Catholic tradition emerged the Lutheran, Calvinist, Presbyterian and Anglican / Episcopalian tradition...

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Excerpt from Queen Joanna I, of Naples, Sicily, and Jerusalem, Countess of Provence, Forcalquier and Piedmont: An Essay on Her TimesOur particular warfare, however, passive though it be, is clearly not so much with calumniators, of whom we know there have been plenty, nor with advocates of truth, of whom, strange to say, there have been few, though strong, but it is with gross misstate ments, partisan narratives, and a sort of tropical atmosph...

Legend of the Death of Antar - An Eastern romance. Also lyrical poems, songs and sonnets. is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1881. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and nutrition, medicine, and other genres. As a publisher we focus on the preservation of historical literature. Many works of historical writers and scientists...

Legend of the Death of Antar, an Eastern Romance - Also, Lyrical Poems, Songs, and Sonnets is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1881. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and nutrition, medicine, and other genres. As a publisher we focus on the preservation of historical literature. Many works of historical writers and scientist...

Bedoueen legends and other poems is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1883. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and nutrition, medicine, and other genres. As a publisher we focus on the preservation of historical literature. Many works of historical writers and scientists are available today as antiques only. Hansebooks newly p...

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Excerpt from Charles III. Of Naples and Urban Vi, , And, Cecco D'ascoli, Poet, Astrologer, Physician: Two Historical Essays Unfortunately, a life-long jealousy and enmity had subsisted between the King of Hungary and his cousin, Queen Joanna, owing to the bitter family divisions which had formerly culminated in the assassination of his brother Andrew, her first hus band, in 1345. These feelings, though necessarily moderated by time, and by ve...

Excerpt from A Cotteswold Shrine: Being a Contribution to the History of Hailes, County Gloucester, Manor, Parish and Abbey It may, perhaps, be thought that the story should have been kept within narrower limits, that is, strictly to the Manor, Parish, and Abbey thus intimately wedded, that the limner might have employed a smaller canvas, and this more especially so, because the story of Winchcombe (placed but two and a half miles away), has ...

Excerpt from Tchay and Chianti: Or Wanderings in Russia and Italy To Mrs. Procter. Now, when December mourns the silent leaves That lie o'erfrosted in our homely lanes, When Christmas drippeth drear from songless eaves, And winter loads the bourn with dismal chains, - These scenes of summer, gathered from among My wanderings, with your name I make more bright, Who, Ceres-like, bless sheaves of English song Since eighteen hundred christene...