A Book of Golden DeedsReadHowYouWant.com, 1929 - 480 pages |
Contents
THE STORIES OF ALCESTIS AND ANTIGONE | 12 |
HOW ONE MAN HAS SAVED A HOST | 26 |
THE PASS OF THERMOPYLAE | 39 |
THE ROCK OF THE CAPITOL | 52 |
THE TWO FRIENDS OF SYRACUSE | 68 |
REGULUS | 84 |
THE CHIEF OF THE ARVERNI | 105 |
THE LAST FIGHT IN THE COLISEUM | 126 |
THE BATTLE OF THE BLACKWATER | 164 |
FAITHFUL TILL DEATH | 178 |
THE KEYS OF CALAIS | 196 |
THE BATTLE OF SEMPACH | 212 |
THE CARNIVAL OF PERTH | 228 |
GEORGE THE TRILLER | 250 |
SIR THOMAS MORES DAUGHTER | 264 |
FORT ST ELMO | 294 |
LEO THE SLAVE | 146 |
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