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eBooks di Titolo C di Jacob Abbott di Formato Pdf
Caleb in Town: A Story for Children. E-book. Formato PDF Jacob Abbott - Forgotten Books, 2017 -
One afternoon in October, a carryall was coming along one of the great roads leading into Boston. There was a gentleman and a lady upon the front seat Of the carryall. On the back seat there was a beautiful and happy looking girl, about seventeen years of age, at one side, and a bright-eyed boy on the other, who appeared to be about twelve. A much smaller boy, of a mild and gentle expression of countenance, sat between them. This boy in the middle was Caleb. He was coming back to Boston, after having spent the sum mer with his grandmother, Madam Rachel, in the country. The lady and gentleman on the front seat were his father and mother.
CleopatraThe Life and History of the Queen of Egypt. E-book. Formato PDF Jacob Abbott - Diamond Book Publishing, 2019 -
Cleopatra tells the story of the girl queen who inherited the richest empire in the world - one that stretched from the scorching deserts of lower Egypt to the shining Mediterranean metropolis of Alexandria. This story of Cleopatra starts with a brief history of Egypt and the illustrious Ptolemies. By the time Cleopatra came of age, her life was already full of danger and intrigue, even before her romantic encounter with Julius Caesar. Under the protection of Caesar she enjoyed a few years of security on the throne of Egypt, but the death of Caesar led her to seek protection from his successor, Mark Antony. Their tragic story is one of the most dramatic liaisons in history.
Cyrus the Great. E-book. Formato PDF Jacob Abbott - Forgotten Books, 2017 -
I AM Cyrus the King. Such is the proud dec laration that, after the lapse of twenty-five centuries, from the tomb of the mighty Persian still commands our homage to its imperial inmate. Out of the realm of myth and fable his imposing figure emerges, but history records enough of him to allow his title of the Great to stand unquestioned. Croesus, with all his treasure, went down before him, and Great Babylon could not withstand his arms. Great as were his achievements as a warrior and a prince, history, though encumbered with the deeds of ages, still finds space to recite his nobility of soul.