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Golden Deeds: Stories from History
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This book is a collection of short stories retelling some of history's greatest achievements and the people who attained them. Some of these stories are fictional, while others are rooted in real life. The individuals featured include Christopher Columbus, George Frideric Handel, Charlemagne, and William Tell.
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Golden Deeds - Good Press
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Golden Deeds
Stories from History
Published by Good Press, 2019
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EAN 4057664612267
Table of Contents
List of Stories
How Horatius Kept the Bridge
William Tell
Catherine Douglas
Casabianca
Handel, the Great Musician
The Story of Columbus
Antonio Canova
Damon and Pythias
Charlemagne and the Charcoal-burner
How Horatius Kept the Bridge
How Horatius Kept the Bridge
Table of Contents
More than two thousand years ago Rome was ruled over by some kings called the Tarquins. As they were wicked men, the Roman people rose up against them, and drove them out of the city. The banished kings then went to Tuscany, where Lars Porsena took up their cause, and gathering an army together, went to help them force an entrance into Rome again.
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