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EBOOK HISTORICAL TALES, VOL 5 (OF 15) ***


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Historical Tales
The Romance of Reality
By
CHARLES MORRIS
_Author of "Half-Hours with the Best American Authors," "Tales from the
Dramatists," etc._
IN FIFTEEN VOLUMES
Volume V
German
J.B. LIPPINCOTT COMPANY
PHILADELPHIA AND LONDON
Copyright, 1893, by J.B. Lippincott Company.
Copyright, 1904, by J.B. Lippincott Company.
Copyright, 1908, by J.B. Lippincott Company.
_CONTENTS_

PAGE
HERMANN, THE HERO OF GERMANY 7
ALBION AND ROSAMOND 19
THE CAREER OF GRIMOALD 28
WITTEKIND, THE SAXON PATRIOT 37
THE RAIDS OF THE SEA-ROVERS 47
THE CAREER OF BISHOP HATTO 58
THE MISFORTUNES OF DUKE ERNST 64
THE REIGN OF OTHO II 69
THE FORTUNES OF HENRY THE FOURTH 77
THE ANECDOTES OF MEDIAEVAL GERMANY 92
FREDERICK BARBAROSSA AND MILAN 105
THE CRUSADE OF FREDERICK II 118
THE FALL OF THE GHIBELLINES 129
THE TRIBUNAL OF THE HOLY VEHM 138
WILLIAM TELL AND THE SWISS PATRIOTS 148
THE BLACK DEATH AND THE FLAGELLANTS 162
THE SWISS AT MORGARTEN 170
A MAD EMPEROR 176
SEMPACH AND ARNOLD WINKELRIED 187
ZISKA, THE BLIND WARRIOR 198
THE SIEGE OF BELGRADE 210
LUTHER AND THE INDULGENCES 217
SOLYMAN THE MAGNIFICENT AT GUNTZ 229
THE PEASANTS AND THE ANABAPTISTS 238
THE FORTUNES OF WALLENSTEIN 252
THE END OF TWO GREAT SOLDIERS 265
THE SIEGE OF VIENNA 277
THE YOUTH OF FREDERICK THE GREAT 288
VOLTAIRE AND FREDERICK THE GREAT 305
SCENES FROM THE SEVEN YEARS' WAR 315
THE PATRIOTS OF THE TYROL 328
THE OLD EMPIRE AND THE NEW 343



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