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My Thoughts Be Bloody: The Bitter Rivalry Between Edwin and John Wilkes Booth That Led to an American Tragedy by Titone Nora
epub |eng | 2010-10-19 | Author:Titone, Nora [Titone, Nora]

TWELVE THE WORKING OF THE HEART Glory grows guilty of detested crimes, When, for fame’s sake, for praise, an outward part, We bend to that the working of the heart ...
( Category: American Civil War September 22,2019 )
The Reign of Emperor Gallienus by Ilkka Syvanne
epub |eng | | Author:Ilkka Syvanne [Ilkka Syvanne]

6.4The War against the Macriani 260/261–262 ²³ The reasons why the Macriani and Ballista rose in revolt are shrouded in mystery. One possible reason could be that Gallienus refused to ...
( Category: Rome September 22,2019 )
Mark Antony: A Plain Blunt Man by Paolo de Ruggiero
epub |eng | | Author:Paolo de Ruggiero [Paolo de Ruggiero]

“I believe nothing ever happened that was crueller than this barter: trading death for death, they killed those they handed over just like those that they were given, but they ...
( Category: Rome September 22,2019 )
Marlborough by John Hussey
epub |eng | 2015-04-29 | Author:John Hussey [HUSSEY, JOHN]

CHAPTER 13 ‘Within the Memory of Man There Has Been No Victory so Great as This’: John to Sarah, 14 August 1704 MARLBOROUGH SPENT PART of the night in prayer. ...
( Category: Military September 22,2019 )
The Mountbattens by Andrew Lownie
epub |eng | 2019-09-19 | Author:Andrew Lownie

We saw eye to eye on most important matters. I found him an endless source of entertainment with his peacock Mountebankery which kept popping up at unexpected moments in sharp ...
( Category: World War II September 20,2019 )
Illusions of Emancipation by Reidy Joseph P.;
epub |eng | | Author:Reidy, Joseph P.;

Chapter 8 The Blessings of a Home In late March 1864, Henry Clay Bruce and his fiancée executed a bold escape from their owners in central Missouri to Leavenworth, Kansas. ...
( Category: African-American Studies September 18,2019 )
Call Sign Chaos by Jim Mattis & Bing West
epub |eng | 2019-09-02 | Author:Jim Mattis & Bing West

* * * — While we could not bring any Marines into the city, John met routinely with Lieutenant Colonel Suleiman, who was glumly watching the radical jihadists grow bolder. ...
( Category: Afghan & Iraq Wars September 10,2019 )
Test Pilot by Neville Duke
epub |eng | 2006-04-11 | Author:Neville Duke

CHAPTER 8 Glimpsing the Future I SPENT my leave at home in Tonbridge, with occasional trips up to London, and it was more than pleasant to be back again with ...
( Category: World War II September 9,2019 )
Brothers in Battle, Best of Friends by William Guarnere
epub |eng | 2010-03-01 | Author:William Guarnere [Guarnere, William]

BABE One night at the end of October we moved to an area closer to Arnhem where they told us we’d be out of the elements. My squad was positioned ...
( Category: World War II September 6,2019 )
Washington- The Indispensable Man by James Thomas Flexner
epub |eng | 2016-12-05 | Author:James Thomas Flexner

* The term cabinet, although too useful not to be used here, was not current during most of Washington’s Presidency. TWENTY-NINE The Social Man (1789) The aspect of the Presidency ...
( Category: American Revolution September 6,2019 )
President Lincoln- The Duty of a Statesman by William Lee Miller
epub |eng | 2008-02-04 | Author:William Lee Miller [Miller, William Lee]

CHAPTER THIRTEEN In Giving Freedom to the Slave, We Assure Freedom to the Free MY STATION AND ITS DUTIES WHEN ABRAHAM LINCOLN became president of the United States, as we ...
( Category: U.S. Presidents September 6,2019 )
The Last Enemy by Richard Hillary
epub |eng | | Author:Richard Hillary [Hillary, Richard]

The Invaders AFTER kicking our heels for two days at Turnhouse, a reaction set in. We were like children with the promise of a trip to the seaside, broken because ...
( Category: World War II September 5,2019 )
Genius of the People by Charles L Mee Jr
epub |eng | 2014-06-23 | Author:Charles L Mee Jr [Mee, Charles L Jr]

Perhaps something should be said about the weather. Beginning on June 11, the day on which Wilson and Pinckney put together their alliance on the three-fifths formula, the usual summer ...
( Category: American Revolution September 5,2019 )
American Legends- Abbott & Costello by Charles River Editors
epub |eng | 2014-05-21 | Author:Charles River Editors [Editors, Charles River]

It wouldn’t have been a surprise for Costello to retire to his home for a lengthy mourning period, and he later admitted he was tempted to do just that: “I ...
( Category: American Civil War September 5,2019 )
Clever Girl by Lauren Kessler
epub |eng | 2007-07-15 | Author:Lauren Kessler [Kessler, Lauren]

God help that country where informers thrive Where slander flourishes and lies contrive. Not surprisingly, the Communist Party was particularly displeased with Bentley and began a campaign of smears and ...
( Category: World War II September 5,2019 )

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