Victory over the Turks part 4
But although that Empress was afraid, her fear was for the Emperor lest an accident should befall him; and fear for herself came second....
Victory over the Turks part 3
But when they had all assembled, he shifted his camp and quartered his army between the ridges of Olympus and of the mountains called...
Victory over the Turks part 2
When they were all assembled he moved away from there with all his forces and occupied the fort of Lord George close to the...
Victory over the Turks part 1
The Orphanage: Heresy of the Bogomils : Last Illness and Death of Alexius (1116-18)
I The doings of the Emperor in Philippopolis and with regard...
A King in Disguise part 5
Unbounded was the joy and congratulation of the courtiers on thus meeting with him safe and uninjured. The king then turning round to the...
A King in Disguise part 4
Even I, a poor fisherman, with a wife and little family, am not forgotten, and enjoy my poverty in peace. He permits me to...
A King in Disguise part 3
As he thus stood, listening to the distant thunder and the raving of the storm, he stretched his view in vain to discover some...
A King in Disguise part 2
Residing there during several years, I acquired an excellent knowledge of the language, manners, and peculiar practices of the people, when I was at...
A King in Disguise part 1
Matteo Bandello (1480 – 1560)
Bandello, a Lombard noble by birth, is, next to Boccaccio, the most celebrated of the Italian story-tellers, and he, like...
Mateo Falcone part 11
Giuseppa embraced her son, and bursting into tears entered the house. She threw herself on her knees before an image of the Virgin and...
