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Francisco Pizarro and the Conquest of Peru

Read by Patrick Eaton

Frederick A. Ober

Francisco Pizarro (1471 - 1541) was born into poverty, the illegitimate son of a Spanish soldier. After a brief career as a swineherd, he vo…

Theodoric the Goth

Read by Patrick Eaton

Thomas Hodgkin

Theodoric the Great (~454-526) was king of the Ostrogoths during the time of the terminal decline of the Western Roman Empire. After wanderi…

In the Arctic Seas

Read by Patrick Eaton

Francis Mcclintock

In 1857, Lady Jane Franklin, the wife of Sir John Franklin, who went missing with his entire crew during his 1845 expedition to discover the…