Historic Tales - Volume VIII

Historic Tales - Volume VIII

Charles Morris, american journalist, novelist and author (1833-1922)


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Table of Contents

-01- About this book

-02- THE ANCIENT SCYTHIANS

-03- OLEG THE VARANGIAN

-04- THE VENGEANCE OF QUEEN OLGA

-05- VLADIMIR THE GREAT

-06- THE LAWGIVER OF RUSSIA

-07- THE YOKE OF THE TARTARS

-08- THE VICTORY OF THE DON

-09- IVAN, THE FIRST OF THE CZARS

-10- THE FALL OF NOVGOROD THE GREAT

-11- IVAN THE TERRIBLE

-12- THE CONQUEST OF SIBERIA

-13- THE MACBETH OF RUSSIA

-14- THE ERA OF THE IMPOSTORS

-15- THE BOOKS OF ANCESTRY

-16- BOYHOOD OF PETER THE GREAT

-17- CARPENTER PETER OF ZAANDAM

-18- THE FALL OF THE STRELITZ

-19- THE CRUSADE AGAINST BEARDS AND CLOAKS

-20- MAZEPPA, THE COSSACK CHIEF

-21- A WINDOW OPEN TO EUROPE

-22- FROM THE HOVEL TO THE THRONE

-23- BUFFOONERIES OF THE RUSSIAN COURT

-24- HOW A WOMAN DETHRONED A MAN

-25- A STRUGGLE FOR A THRONE

-26- THE FLIGHT OF THE KALMUCKS

-27- A MAGICAL TRANSFORMATION SCENE

-28- KOSCIUSKO AND THE FALL OF POLAND

-29- SUWARROW THE UNCONQUERABLE

-30- THE RETREAT OF NAPOLEON'S GRAND ARMY

-31- THE DEATH STRUGGLE OF POLAND

-32- SCHAMYL THE HERO OF CIRCASSIA

-33- THE CHARGE OF THE LIGHT BRIGADE

-34- THE CHARGE OF THE LIGHT BRIGADE

-35- THE FALL OF SEBASTOPOL

-36- AT THE GATES OF CONSTANTINOPLE

-37- THE NIHILISTS AND THEIR WORK

-38- THE ADVANCE OF RUSSIA IN ASIA

-39- THE RAILROAD IN TURKESTAN

-40- AN ESCAPE FROM THE MINES OF SIBERIA

-41- THE SEA FIGHT IN THE WATERS OF JAPAN

-42- FOOTNOTES