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Golden Deeds - DigiCat
Anonymous
Golden Deeds
Stories from History
EAN 8596547363897
DigiCat, 2022
Contact: DigiCat@okpublishing.info
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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