Am 8. 2.1587 wurde Maria Stuart wegen der angeblichen Beteiligung an einem Mordkomplott gegen Elisabeths I. hingerichtet. Dies war das Ende einer langen Reihe an Intrigen und Verbrechen, die in d... more »

The rules of the Royal Institution forbid (and wisely) religious or political controversy. It was therefore impossible for me in these Lectures, to say much which had to be said, in drawing a jus... more »

Humphrey Angell came swinging along through the silent aisles of the vast primeval forest, his gun in the hollow of his arm, a heavy bag of venison meat hanging from his shoulders. A stra... more »

Schoolboys have been taught from their earliest years that Columbus discovered America. Few events in prehistoric times seem more probable now than that Columbus was not the first to discover it.... more »

In 1562 the French Huguenot party, headed by Coligny, made another attempt[2] to secure themselves a refuge in the New World. Two ships set sail under the command of Jean Ribault, a brave and exp... more »

Obwohl innerhalb der Nazi-Ideologie Frauen in erster Linie die Aufgabe hatten Kinder zu gebären und den Haushalt zu führen, spielten sie für die Entwicklung Hitlers immer eine wichtige Rolle. ... more »

To the lover of mankind the history of the Russo-Jewish renaissance is an encouraging and inspiring phenomenon. Seldom has a people made such rapid strides forward as the Russian Jews. From the m... more »

The studies of the author of this work, for the last ten years, in writing the "History of Napoleon Bonaparte," and "The French Revolution of 1789," have necessarily made him quite familiar with ... more »

If we could see in a magic mirror the country now called Scotland as it was when the Romans under Agricola (81 A.D.) crossed the Border, we should recognise little but the familiar hills and moun... more »

Jeder kennt Graf von Stauffenberg. Er war der letzte Attentäter zur Beseitigung des Diktators Hitler. Die Geschichte der Attentate begann aber viel früher. Die Namen dieser aufrechten Männer sind... more »

Heraldry is the science which teaches how to blazon or describe in proper terms armorial bearings and their accessories. Many volumes have been written on the origin of Heraldry and even ... more »

This report describes the effects of the atomic bombs which were dropped on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki on August 6 and 9, 1945, respectively.  It summarizes all the authentic... more »

An absolute must for your handheld device. Over 15,000 of the most famous quotes and sayings of all time. Thousands of Authors and Topics. Never before has such a library been av... more »

Am Anfang schuf Gott eine perfekte, makellose Welt, um sich dann sogleich zu verabschieden. Das Licht der Erkenntnis aber brachte der Teufel zu den Menschen. Endlich bricht er jetzt sein Schweigen u... more »

Angelica, a rebel heiress, is trapped in New York City, now occupied by the British Army. A redcoat officer she despises wants to make her his wife-so badly that he brutally abducts her. Rescued fro... more »