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Beric the Briton: a Story of the Roman Invasion

Read by Gary Olman

G. A. Henty

My series of stories dealing with the wars of England would be altogether incomplete did it not include the period when the Romans were the …

With Frederick The Great: A Story of the Seven Years' War

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G. A. Henty

Among the great wars of history there are few, if any, instances of so long and successfully sustained a struggle, against enormous odds, as…

Through Russian Snows

Read by Gary Olman

G. A. Henty

There are few campaigns that, either in point of the immense scale upon which it was undertaken, the completeness of its failure, or the eno…

With Clive in India

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G. A. Henty

With Clive in India gives a vivid picture of the wonderful events of the ten years, which at their commencement saw Madras in the hands of t…

The Life and Adventures of James P. Beckwourth

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T. D. Bonner

Buried amid the sublime passes of the Sierra Nevada are old men, who, when children, strayed away from our crowded settlements, and, gradual…

02 - The Coming Storm

In Ten Days that Shook the World

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John Reed

Ten Days that Shook the World (1919) is a book by American journalist and socialist John Reed about the October Revolution in Russia in 1917…

22 - The Border Ruffians

In Abraham Lincoln: A History (Volume 1)

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John G. Nicolay and John Hay and John Hay

This is the biography of Abraham Lincoln, written by two of his private secretaries. (Summary by ashleighjane)

Chapter VII, The Boat's Crew

In Abandoned

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William Clark Russell

We meet Miss Lucretia Lane as she is dressing for her marriage to Captain Francis Reynolds of the British Merchant Service. Though he loves …

Memoranda and Log-Books

In The Art of Travel

Read by Gary Olman

Sir Francis Galton

The Art of Travel is a handbook of practical advice for the adventure seeking Victorian. We hear how to organize all steps of a voyage, from…