Product Info King of the Romans takes place at the end of the Roman Empire. more »

A neuf heures du matin, le capitaine Aréna vint nous prévenir que notre bâtiment était prêt et n'attendait plus que nous pour mettre à la voile. nous quittâmes aussitôt l'hôtel, et nous nous rendîmes sur le port. La veille, nous avions été visiter la maison des fous : qu'on nous permette de jeter ... more »

Product Info A Tale of the Times of the Black Prince. by Evelyn Everett-Green. more »

This work is called a 'romance,' because the incidents, characters, time, and scenery, are alike romantic. And in shaping this old tale, the Writer neither dares, nor desires, to claim for it the dignity or cumber it with the difficulty of an historic novel. more »

Living in the present days of peace and tranquillity it is difficult to picture the life of our ancestors in the days of King Alfred, when the whole country was for years overrun by hordes of pagan barbarians, who slaughtered, plundered, and destroyed at will. You may gain, perhaps, a fair conception ... more »

When the world was in its childhood, men looked upon the works of Nature with a strange kind of awe. They fancied that every thing upon the earth, in the air, or in the water, had a life like their own, and that every sight which they saw, and every sound which they heard, was caused by some intelligent ... more »