tailieunhanh - Historical Tales, Vol 5 (of 15)

In the days of Augustus, the emperor of Rome in its golden age of prosperity, an earnest effort was made to subdue and civilize barbarian Germany. Drusus, the step-son of the emperor, led the first army of invasion into this forest-clad land of the north, penetrating deeply into the country and building numerous forts to guard his conquests. His last invasion took him as far as the Elbe. Here, as we are told, he found himself confronted by a supernatural figure, in the form of a woman, who waved him back with lofty and threatening air, saying, "How much farther wilt thou advance, insatiable Drusus?. | Historical Tales Vol 5 1 Historical Tales Vol 5 Project Gutenberg s Historical Tales Vol 5 of 15 by Charles Morris This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at Title Historical Tales Vol 5 of 15 The Romance of Reality German Author Charles Morris Release Date August 24 2005 EBook 16587 Language English Character set encoding ISO-8859-1 START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK HISTORICAL TALES VOL 5 OF 15 Produced by Janet Blenkinship and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http Édition d Élite Historical Tales The Romance of Reality By Historical Tales Vol 5 CHARLES MORRIS 2 _Author of Half-Hours with the Best American Authors Tales from the Dramatists etc. IN FIFTEEN VOLUMES Volume V German . LIPPINCOTT COMPANY PHILADELPHIA AND LONDON Copyright 1893 by . Lippincott Company. Copyright 1904 by . Lippincott Company. Copyright 1908 by . Lippincott Company. CONTENTS PAGE HERMANN THE HERO OF GERMANY 7 ALBION AND ROSAMOND 19 THE CAREER OF GRIMOALD 28 WITTEKIND THE SAXON PATRIOT 37 THE RAIDS OF THE SEA-ROVERS 47 THE CAREER OF BISHOP HATTO 58 THE MISFORTUNES OF DUKE ERNST 64 THE REIGN OF OTHO II 69 THE FORTUNES OF HENRY THE FOURTH 77 THE ANECDOTES OF MEDIEVAL GERMANY 92 FREDERICK BARBAROSSA AND MILAN 105 THE CRUSADE OF FREDERICK II 118 THE FALL OF THE GHIBELLINES 129 THE TRIBUNAL OF THE HOLY VEHM 138 Historical Tales Vol 5 3 WILLIAM TELL AND THE SWISS PATRIOTS 148 THE BLACK DEATH AND THE FLAGELLANTS 162 THE SWISS AT MORGARTEN 170 A MAD EMPEROR 176 SEMPACH AND ARNOLD WINKELRIED 187 ZISKA THE BLIND WARRIOR 198 THE SIEGE OF BELGRADE 210 LUTHER AND THE INDULGENCES 217 SOLYMAN THE MAGNIFICENT AT GUNTZ 229 THE PEASANTS AND THE ANABAPTISTS 238 THE FORTUNES OF WALLENSTEIN 252 THE END OF TWO GREAT SOLDIERS 265 THE SIEGE OF VIENNA 277 THE YOUTH OF .