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  • Alexander the Great

    by Jacob Abbot ...
    Alexander the Great was a king of the Greek kingdom of Macedon. Born in Pella in 356 BC, Alexander succeeded his father, Philip II, to the throne at the age of twenty.He spent most of his ruling years on an unprecedented military campaign through Asia and northeast Africa, until by the age of thirty he had created one of the largest empires of the ancient world, stretching from Greece to Egypt and ... Read more

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  • Aboriginal America

    by Jacob Abbot ...
    The aboriginal condition of the country, therefore, anterior to its occupation by white men, and the character and condition of the native tribes which then inhabited it, will be the subject of this volume. ... Read more

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  • Margaret of Anjou

    by Jacob Abbot ...
    Series Book 11 - Makers of History Series
    Margaret of Anjou was a heroine; not a heroine of romance and fiction, but of stern and terrible reality. Her life was a series of military exploits, attended with dangers, privations, sufferings, and wonderful vicissitudes of fortune, scarcely to be paralleled in the whole history of mankind.She was born and lived in a period during which there prevailed in the western part of Europe two great ... Read more

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  • Pyrrhus

    by Jacob Abbot ...
    Series Book 10 - Makers of History Series
    Pyrrhus, King of Epirus, entered at the very beginning of his life upon the extraordinary series of romantic adventures which so strikingly marked his career. He became an exile and a fugitive from his father’s house when he was only two years old, having been suddenly borne away at that period by the attendants of the household, to avoid a most imminent personal danger that threatened him. ... Read more

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    History of Julius Caesar (unabridged)

    by Jacob Abbots ...
    Narrated by Cathy Barrat ...
    Series series Svenska Ljud Classica

    Unabridged

    4 hours 45 min

    Learn about the life and times of Roman emperor Julius Caesar, from his early years to his eventual assassination. This fun and accessible 1849 biography for young readers, "History of Julius Caesar", chronicles not only the great ruler's genius, but equally his folly. By highlighting the major events in Caesar's life, as he becomes the most powerful man in Rome, biographer Jacob Abbott makes the ... Read more

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    Margaret of Anjou (unabridged)

    by Jacob Abbots ...
    Narrated by Cathy Barrat ...
    Series series Svenska Ljud Classica

    Unabridged

    4 hours 42 min

    Learn about the life and times of Margaret of Anjou, wife of England's Henry VI, and the famous the War of the Roses. With the Lancasters and the Yorks each vying for the throne in 15th century Britain, Margaret of Anjou played a key part in this more than 30 year war. This exciting and accessible 1861 biography by Jacob Abbott for young readers, "Margaret of Anjou", chronicles Margaret's life, ... Read more

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  • History of Richard III

    by Jacob Abbott ...
    Richard III , from Abbotts Makers of History series, is a brief, illustrated history on the life of the English King. Richard III includes chapters on the Lancaster family, the War of the Roses, and the Battle of Bosworth Field. ... Read more

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  • Margaret of Anjou Makers of History

    by Jacob Abbott ...
    The story of Margaret of Anjou forms a part of the history of England, for the lady, though of Continental origin, was the queen of one of the English kings, and England was the scene of her most remarkable adventures and exploits. She lived in very stormy times, and led a very stormy life; and her history, besides the interest which it excites from the extraordinary personal and political ... Read more

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  • Margaret of Anjou

    by Jacob Abbott ...
    According to Wikipedia: "Jacob Abbott (November 14, 1803 October 31, 1879) was an American writer of children's books. Abbott was born at Hallowell, Maine to Jacob and Betsey Abbott. He graduated from Bowdoin College in 1820; studied at Andover Theological Seminary in 1821, 1822, and 1824; was tutor in 1824-1825, and from 1825 to 1829 was professor of mathematics and natural philosophy at Amherst ... Read more

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  • The Wars of the Roses

    by J.G. Edgar ...
    It is generally admitted that no period in England's history is richer in romantic incident than the three decades occupied by the Wars of the Roses; but the contest is frequently described as having been without interest in a political point of view. This idea seems erroneous. That struggle of thirty years was no mere strife of chiefs, ambitious of supremacy and unscrupulous as to means. Indeed, ... Read more

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  • Mary Queen of Scots

    Classic Children Book

    by Jacob Abbott ...
    Mary, Queen of Scots (8 December 1542 – 8 February 1587), also known as Mary Stuart[3] or Mary I of Scotland, was queen regnant of Scotland from 14 December 1542 to 24 July 1567 and queen consort of France from 10 July 1559 to 5 December 1560.Mary was the only surviving legitimate child of King James V of Scotland. She was 6 days old when her father died and she succeeded to the throne. She was ... Read more

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  • The Houses of Lancaster and York

    The reign of Edward III may be considered the climax of mediaeval civilization and of England’s early greatness. It is the age in which chivalry attained its highest perfection. It is the period of the most brilliant achievements in war and of the greatest development of arts and commerce before the Reformation. It was succeeded by an age of decay and disorder, in the midst of which, for one brief ... Read more

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