Jacob Abbott eBooks

Cleopatra, the queen of Egypt. E-book. Formato Mobipocket Jacob Abbott   -  Pubme, 2015  - 

THE story of Cleopatra is a story of crime.It is a narrative of the course and the consequences of unlawful love.In her strange and romantic history we see this passion portrayed with the most complete and graphic fidelity in all its influences and effects; its uncontrollable impulses, its intoxicating joys, its reckless and mad career, and the dreadful remorse and ultimate despair and ruin in which it always and inevitably ends.

Genghis Khan: his life and battles. E-book. Formato Mobipocket Jacob Abbott   -  Pubme, 2015  - 

The word khan is not a name, but a title. It means chieftain or king. It is a word used in various forms by the different tribes and nations that from time immemorial have inhabited Central Asia, and has been applied to a great number of potentates and rulers that have from time to time arisen among them.Genghis Khan was the greatest of these princes.He was, in fact, one of the most renowned conquerors whose exploits history records.