A biography of the famous Cleopatra of Egypt, written in a manner, equally interesting to children and to adults. Listen to Cleopatra by Jacob Abbott


I. The valley of the Nile II. The Ptolemies III. Alexandria
IV. Cleopatra's Father V. Accession to the Throne VI. Cleopatra and Caesar
VII. The Alexandrine War VIII. Cleopatra a Queen IX. The Battle of Philippe
X. Cleopatra and Anthony XI. The Battle of Actium XII. The End of Cleopatra

Also, you can Download the book!
The Byzantine Empire (or Byzantium) was the predominantly Greek-speaking Eastern Roman Empire throughout Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages.
This history lecture podcast covers the little known Byzantine Empire through the study of twelve of its greatest rulers.
1 - Introduction 2 - Diocletian 3 - Constantine - Part 1
4 - Constantine - Part 2 5 - Julian 6 - Zeno
7 - Justinian - Part 1 8 - Justinian - Part 2 9 - Justinian - Part 3
10 - Heraclius 11 - Irene 12 - Basil I
13 - Basil II 14 - Alexius 15 - Isaac
16 - Constantine XI 17 - Conclusion

Listen also...
The Origins of Cyrillic
Vlad Tepesh or Vlad the Impaler
Reading Suggestions

The history of the Weimar Republic, Germany's first democracy from the end of the First world war to 1933.
There are very few persons who have not heard of the fame of Peter the Great, the founder, as he is generally regarded by mankind, of Russian civilization. Listen to Peter the Great by Jacob Abbott
Preface I. The Princess Sophia II. The Princess's downfall
III. The Childhood of Peter IV. Le Fort and Menzikoff V. Commencement of reign
VI. The Emperor's tour VII. Conclusion of tour VIII. The Rebellion
IX. Reforms X. The Battle of Narva XI. Building of St. Petersburg
XII. The Revolt of Mazeppa XIII. The Battle of Pultowa XIV. The Empress Catherine
XV. The Prince Alexis XVI. The Flight of Alexis XVII. The Trial
XVIII. The Death of Alexis XIX. Conclusion

Also, you can Download the book!

Conspiracy...
RTE's Conspiracy: Irish Political Trials under the Union is a four part series dealing with some of the most significant cases in Irish legal history between the Act of Union in 1801 and Irish Independence in 1922. The programmes are presented by Myles Dungan and produced by Peter Mooney.

1916 rising...
The History Show :
Subscribe to: Posts (Atom)