An American Look at Napoleonās āDark Ageā Press, 1810-1811Ā
Emperor Napoleon Bonaparteās key to perpetuating the war despite setbacks was ensuring the compliance of the people at home. Thus total control over French newspapers fueled the constant call for more soldiers.
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Gallery: Your Favorite Classic Characters in Photos (From Books, Not Movies and TV)
Literature masterpieces today are small worlds left on paper to which we have a duty to preserve for future generations. They are a witness of people and their thoughts in certain eras in history.
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Saga of Gisli the Outlaw: Window into the Viking World
The Saga of Gisli Sursson, or Gisli the Outlaw ā believed to have been written sometime in the thirteenth century ā is an exceptional window into the Viking world during a period of profound and rapid change.
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Colonel Alexander Doniphanās Epic March in Mexico, 1846-1847
Alexander William Doniphan is well known among Mormons for his saving Joseph Smith from certain death in the 1838 Mormon War, but his Mexican-American War expedition covering swaths of the Southwest was hailed at the time as a military achievement. In the fall of 1846 Doniphan, an attorney-turned-colonel in the expansionist war, led the 1st Regiment of Mounted Missouri Volunteers out of occupied Santa Fe, New Mexico, into hostile lands of the Navajo and northern Mexican states including Chihuahua, Coahuila, and Nuevo Leon.
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A Man of Trust: 15th Century Spy Adventures of Bertrandon de La BroquiĆØre
Bertrandon de La BroquiĆØre, the 15th-century Burgundian spy, a man of certain skills, experience and great influence on the Dukeās Court, was ready for the mission of his life.
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