Malachy McCourt
Could an Irish monk in the sixth century really have sailed all the way across the Atlantic in a small open boat, thus beating Columbus to the New World by almost a thousand years? Relying on the medieval text of St. Brendan, award-winning ... [... more]
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William H. Prescott
Originally published in 1847, History of the Conquest of Peru, a companion volume to William H. Prescott's masterly History of the Conquest of Mexico, continues his vivid chronicle of Spanish exploits in the New World. The book's commanding ... [... more]
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Lino Pertile
In 1867, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow completed the first American translation of and thus introduced Dante's literary genius to the New World. In the , the spirit of the classical poet Virgil leads Dante through the nine circles of Hell on the ... [... more]
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Tim Pigott-Smith
Jack Aubrey and Stephen Maturin are ordered home to bring news of their latest victory. But Maturin is a marked man for the havoc he caused to the French intelligence network in the New World and the British packet carrying them is shadowed by ... [... more]
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Francis Parkman
The Riveting Story of the Heroes of the French & Indian War (A Modern Library E-Book) The result of over forty years of passionate research, Montcalm and Wolfe is the epic story of Europe's struggle for dominance of the New World. Centuries of ... [... more]
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Alina Illustrazioni
Following the discovery of America by Columbus in 1492, European colonists brought their system of fortification to the New World in an attempt to ensure their safety and consolidate their conquests. French and British explorers came later to ... [... more]
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Rene Chartrand
Following the discovery of America by Columbus in 1492, European colonists brought their system of fortification to the New World in an attempt to ensure their safety and consolidate their conquests. French and British explorers came later to ... [... more]
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Edward Kritzler
EDWARD KRITZLER is a historian and a former New York-based reporter. He lives in Kingston, Jamaica. How a Generation of Swashbuckling Jews Carved Out an Empire in the New World in Their Quest for Treasure, Religious Freedom--and Revenge At the ... [... more]
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Tim Jessell
ANDREW HAS grown up near the Plymouth docks hearing the sailors talk about America. Knowing that Andrew's heart is set on going to the new world, his father sends him up to London to serve as page in the house of Walter Raleigh. In Queen ... [... more]
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Henry W. Longfellow
In 1867, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow completed the first American translation of and thus introduced Dante's literary genius to the New World. In the , the spirit of the classical poet Virgil leads Dante through the nine circles of Hell on the ... [... more]
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