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William Harrison Ainsworth was a 19th century English historian and author. Ainsworth studied law and worked briefly in publishing but eventually worked in journalism and literature. His first success as a writer came with Rookwood in 1834, which features Dick Turpin as its leading character. Ainsworth wrote 39 more novels, the last appearing in 1881. Windsor Castle is an historical romance set during the time of Henry VIII, Catherine of Arago...

Mary Slessor was a Scottish missionary to Nigeria. Her strong personality and determination helped her spread the Christian faith and promote women's rights. In 1876, she applied to the Foreign Mission Board of the United Presbyterian Church of Scotland. She had a small amount of training before being sent to Calabar. Mary unlike many of the missionaries lived with and like the locals. She learned their language and assimilated herself into th...

D'Artagnan and his musketeer comrades--Porthos, Athos and Aramis--fight to foil the schemes of the brilliant, dangerous Cardinal Richelieu.

It was his almost unremitting practice during the four years he resided on the North American continent to keep a record of what he considered of interest around him, not with a view to publishing the matter thus collected for this was far from his thoughts at the time but through a long contracted habit of dotting down transpiring events for the future amusement combined perhaps with instruction of himself and friends.

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William I (c.1027 or 1028-1087) was the King of England from Christmas, 1066 until his death. William invaded England in 1066, leading an army of Normans, Bretons, Dutchmen, and Frenchmen to victory over the English forces of King Harold Godwinson at the Battle of Hasting. His reign brought Norman-French culture to England. His reign also saw a program of building and fortification, changes to the English language, a shift in the upper levels ...

Ralph Adams Cram (1863 - 1942) was a prolific and influential American architect of collegiate and ecclesiastical buildings, often in the Gothic style. His firm's winning of the United States Military Academy at West Point project in 1902 was a major milestone in their career. Cram accepted the commission for the Cathedral of St. John the Divine. For seven years he headed the Architectural Department at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. T...

Suddenly, with a sharp click, the music swept into something majestic and martial, with the tread of soldiers' feet and the boom of drums in it. The faces of the little children grew solemn, and unconsciously their little shoulders straightened and they stood "at attention." They were all little patriots at heart and they longed to step into file and tramp away to that splendid music.

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In drawing up this little book at the request of several friends the Author has been chiefly guided by experience of what children require to be told in order to come to an intelligent perception of the scope of the Scripture narrative treated historically.

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.

Milton's genealogy has taxed the zeal and acumen of many investigators. He himself merely claims a respectable ancestry (ex genere honesto).' (Excerpt from Chapter 1)

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A touching story in Burnett's signature style. She writes about intricate human relations and emotions, especially love, with great compassion. Tender and appealing!

This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed w...

This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed w...