With a sword or a hatchet in one hand and a knife in the other, they threw themselves against the throng of enemies.Previously in The Old Regime In
Archives for November 2019
Canada Constitution Adopted
Today's installment concludes Canadian Confederation Established,our selection from Life and Career of Sir John A. MacDonald, G.C.B. by Joseph
Canadian Colonies Debate Unity
Both the Queen and her home government had grown to be enthusiastic supporters of the “new dominion” scheme.Continuing Canadian Confederation
Canadian Confederation Established
This series has three easy 5 minute installments. This first installment: Discontent of Disunion.IntroductionThe demand in Upper Canada for
Battle of Bosworth Field
Today's installment concludes Wars of the Roses,our selection from History of England From the Invasion of Julius Caesar to the Revolution in 1688
Gathering Storm Against Richard III
The universal detestation of Richard's conduct turned still more the attention of the nation toward Henry; and as all the descendants of the house of
Murders of the Princes in the Tower
After suffocating them with the bolster and pillows, they showed their naked bodies to Tyrrel, who ordered them to be buried at the foot of the
Daulac’s Bold Sally
Adam Daulac, or Dollard, Sieur des Ormeaux, was a young man of good family, who had come to the colony three years before, at the age of
Richard Plots to Become King
His exorbitant ambition, unrestrained by any principle either of justice or humanity, made him carry his views to the possession of the crown