This series has nine easy 5 minute installments.IntroductionWith the accession of William and Mary to the throne of England not only did the
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Reign of Catherine the Great – 6
Today's installment concludes Reign of Catherine the Great,our selection by W. Knox Johnson.If you have journeyed through all of the
Reign of Catherine the Great – 5
Yet here were these declaimers threatening to overrun Europe, and "Equality setting peoples at the throats of kings!"Continuing Reign of Catherine
Reign of Catherine the Great – 4
But her attention soon became diverted. She was not, as Gunning thought, insincere, only fickle; she wanted patience and continuity of
Reign of Catherine the Great – 3
Such was the tragedy of Peter III. He dies, as Catherine said, unpitied: a fool, echo her friends, who perished in his folly.Continuing Reign of
Reign of Catherine the Great – 2
After Voltaire and Madame de Sévigné, came Montesquieu, Baronius, Tacitus, Bayle, Brantôme, and the early volumes of the Encyclopædia.Continuing
Reign of Catherine the Great
This series has six easy 5 minute installments.Introduction"No sovereign since Ivan the Terrible," says Rambaud, "extended the frontiers of the
Maccabaeus Liberates Judea – 5
Today's installment concludes Maccabaeus Liberates Judea,our selection by Josephus.If you have journeyed through all of the installments of this
Maccabaeus Liberates Judea – 4
When, therefore, the generals of Antiochus' armies had been beaten so often, Judas assembled the people together.Continuing Maccabaeus Liberates