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The Bride That The Rain Rains On

In Henry Dunbar

Read by Victoria P

Mary Elizabeth Braddon

In this novel by Victorian sensationalist Mary Elizabeth Braddon, Henry Dunbar returns to England after a 30-year exile to India for committ…

Chapter 13A: Roman Britain By F. J. Haverfield

In The Cambridge Medieval History, Volume 01, The Christian Roman Empire and the F…

Read by Ruth P.

John Bagnell Bury

Volume 1: The Christian Roman Empire and the Foundation of the Teutonic Kingdoms "The present work is intended as a comprehensive accou…

Bk. 8 Ch. 8 – Spiders

In The Boys' and Girls' Pliny Vol. 4

Read by Ruth P.

Pliny the Elder and John S. White

The Natural History of Pliny the Elder is one of the largest single works to have survived from the Roman Empire. The full work consists of …

Chapter XIV: The Father of English History

In English Literature for Boys and Girls

Read by Ruth P.

Henrietta Elizabeth Marshall

"Has there ever been a time when no stories were told? Has there ever been a people who did not care to listen? I think not."Thus …

CROMWELL’S DOMESTIC POLICY, 1654–1658

In Oliver Cromwell and the Rule of the Puritans in England

Read by Ruth P.

Charles H. Firth

The Life of Cromwell is in part based on an article contributed by the author to the Dictionary of National Biography in 1888, but embodies …

No Sorrow Like Messiah's Sorrow (Lamentations 1:12)

In Messiah: Fifty Expository Discourses on the Oratorio of Handel

Read by Ruth P.

John Newton

The celebrated German-British composer G.F. Handel premiered his now famous oratorio "Messiah" in 1742. In 1785 there was a celebr…

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