"1601" was written by Samuel Clemens (Mark Twain) originally published privately for a small group of friends. This book is a humorous satire of Elizabethan England, probably scandalous at the time of...
The Easter Rising of 1916 was a major turning point in Irish history. Peopled by patriots and poets, fueled by a desperate desire for freedom, and played out in the historic streets of Dublin against...
Marie Antoinette was a child of fourteen when she was made to leave her family, her country, her home, and go to France to become the wife of another child, the fifteen year-old Louis the XVI....
While engaged in writing an account of the grand enterprise of Astoria, it was my practice to seek all kinds of oral information connected with the subject. Nowhere did I pick up more interesting...
"The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" was written by Samuel Clemens who was one American known for his strong opinions and willingness to stand against injustice. Twain lived from 1853-1910. Many a...
You who so plod amid serious things that you feel it shame to give yourself up even for a few short moments to mirth and joyousness in the land of Fancy; you who think that life hath nought to do with...
Sherlock Holmes said, "When you have eliminated all which is possible, then whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth." With his crisp logic Holmes puts together all the clues to come to...
"The Adventures of Tom Sawyer" is a tribute to Twain's adolescence, it is filled with many crazy misadventures. Tom is a sly, street smart boy whose need for adventure almost gets him killed when he is...
Aeneas, a Trojan warrior, searches for a new homeland after the fall of Troy. His journey becomes years of wandering. His tales of wars fought, cities built and burned, new kings, and struggling...
