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  • A Short History of England, Ireland and Scotland
    Mary Platt Parmele
    His passionate love for his wife, Sarah Churchill, ran like a golden thread of romance through Marlborough’s stormy career. On the eve of battle, and in the first flush of victory, he must first and last write her; and he would more willingly meet 20,000 Frenchmen than his wife’s displeasure! Indeed Sarah seems to have waged her own battles very successfully with her tongue, an...
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  • A Short History of Spain
    Mary Platt Parmele
    At the time of the sacking of Rome, this Gothic prince fell in love with Placidia, the sister of the Emperor Honorius; and after the fashion of his people, carried her away as his captive; not an unwilling one, we suspect, for we learn of her great devotion to her brave, strong wooer, with blond hair and blue eyes. Ataulf took his fair prize to the city of Narbonne in southern ...
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  • A Short History of Germany
    Mary Platt Parmele
    At the wedding festivities of his sister Wilhelmine, Frederick secreted himself among the servants in humble attire. He was discovered, and the King, who must have been in a genial mood that night, pulled him forth from his hiding, and leading him to the trembling queen said, 'Here, madam, our Fritz is back again!' And the reconciliation made three aching hearts glad.-from Chap...
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  • A Short History of France
    Mary Platt Parmele
    Charles had always been a frail, delicate boy. As he was riding one evening, a strange, wild-looking being sprang out of the darkness and seized the bridle of his horse, crying, 'Fly, fly! You are betrayed!' The astonished youth after the shock, became melancholy; then was suddenly seized with a fit of frenzy, in which he killed four of his pages. A mad king was on the throne o...
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  • The Evolution of an Empire
    Mary Platt Parmele
    [I]f New England and Pennsylvania and Ohio had been favorable to the growth of cotton and rice and tobacco, if the northern States had gradually become enmeshed and entangled in slavery, familiarized with its cruelties, and in love with its kindly features, if their fortunes, and the future of their children had depended upon its continuance, they too might have fought for its ...
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  • The Evolution of an Empire
    Mary Platt Parmele
    The accession of a Protestant King was hailed with delirious joy by the Huguenots, and with corresponding rage by Catholic France. The one looked forward to redressing of wrongs and avenging of injuries; and the other flatly refused submission unless Henry should recant his heresy, and become a convert to the true faith.-from Chapter IXAmerican writer MARY PLATT PARMELE (1843-1...
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  • A Short History of Russia
    Mary Platt Parmele
    Occasionally there arises a man in history who, without distinction of birth or other advantages, is strong enough by sheer ability to grasp the opportunity, vault into power, and then stem the tide of events. Such a man... was Boris Godunof, a boyar, who had so faithfully served the terrible Ivan that he leaned upon him and at last confided to him the supervision of his feeble...
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  • The Evolution of an Empire
    Mary Platt Parmele
    When in the year 1509 a handsome youth of eighteen came to the throne, the hopes of England ran high. His intelligence, his frank, genial manners, his sympathy with the 'new learning,' won all classes. Erasmus in his hopes of purifying the Church, and Sir Thomas More in his 'Utopian' dreams for politics and society, felt that a friend had come to the throne in the young Henry V...
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  • A Short History of France
    Parmele Mary Platt
    Mary Pamele gives her reader a concise well written history of France. She begins with the history of Gaul followed by Julius Caesar. She then discusses the beginnings of Christianity in France. She covers Charlemagne and the Treaty of Verdun. She talks of feudalism and William the Conqueror. Pamele covers the reigns of the Kings Louis and the Phillips. The House of Guise...
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    21,02 €

  • The Story Of Spain Briefly Told (1898)
    Mary Platt Parmele
    This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world’s literature in affordable, high quality, modern edit...
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  • A Short History Of Rome And Italy (1901)
    Mary Platt Parmele
    ''A Short History of Rome and Italy'' is a historical book written by Mary Platt Parmele in 1901. The book is a concise account of the history of Rome and Italy from its earliest times until the present day, covering the rise and fall of the Roman Empire, the Renaissance, and the unification of Italy. The author provides a detailed narrative of the political, social, and cultur...
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    34,32 €

  • A Short History Of Russia (1900)
    Mary Platt Parmele
    ''A Short History of Russia'' is a historical book written by Mary Platt Parmele in 1900. It is a comprehensive account of the history of Russia, from its early beginnings to the end of the 19th century. The book covers the rise of the Kievan Rus, the Mongol invasion, the reign of Ivan the Terrible, the Romanov dynasty, the Russian Revolution, and the formation of the Soviet Un...
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  • A Short History Of Spain (1906)
    Mary Platt Parmele
    ''A Short History of Spain'' is a historical book written by Mary Platt Parmele and published in 1906. The book covers the history of Spain from ancient times to the early 20th century, providing a comprehensive overview of the country’s political, social, and cultural development. It explores the various civilizations that have inhabited Spain, including the Iberians, Celts, R...
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    29,02 €

  • A Short History Of France (1908)
    Mary Platt Parmele
    This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world’s literature in affordable, high quality, modern edit...
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    32,20 €

  • A Short History of France
    Mary Platt Parmele / Platt Parmele Mary Platt Parmele
    One of the greatest achievements of modern research is the discovery of a key by which we may determine the kinship of nations. What we used to conjecture, we now know. An identity in the structural form of language establishes with scientific certitude t ...
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    34,47 €


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