Memoirs or Chronicle of the Fourth Crusade part 3
Directly afterwards took the cross Geoffry of Perche, Stephen his brother, Rotrou of Montfort, Ives of La Jaille, Aimery of Villeroi, Geoffry of Beaumont,...
Memoirs or Chronicle of the Fourth Crusade part 2
In the land of Count Thibaut of Champagne took the cross Garnier, Bishop of Troyes, Count Walter of Brienne, Geoffry of Joinville*, who was...
Memoirs or Chronicle of the Fourth Crusade part 1
Memoirs or Chronicle of the Fourth Crusade and the Conquest of Constantinople
The first Preaching of the Crusade
Be it known to you that eleven hundred...
Two Miracles part 6
At last a low murmur ran through the crowd. The child with the evil spirit was being brought in, and “Zia” Batdra caught a...
Two Miracles part 5
The mass began. Every one arose. The heat was intense, and the anticipation of the approaching ceremony held all spellbound.
Batora alone was not absorbed...
Two Miracles part 4
In contrast with all this solemnity, the frivolous minded were indulging in one of their native dances, the “duru-duru,” on the opposite side of...
Two Miracles part 3
She had made her will in favor of the Church of the Miracles, and day and night besought the merciful Madonna to give her...
Two Miracles part 2
Batora`s house, with its carved wooden balconies, commanding a view of the church, stood out against the clear horizon in the ruddy September sunset,...
Two Miracles part 1
Grazia Deledda (1871-1936)
Born in Sardinia in 1871, Grazia Deledda achieved conspicuous success in her novels and stories, which are for the most part concerned...
The Substitute part 9
“Here they are!” suddenly shouted the victorious miser. “Here they are, my louis, my dear treasure; and in the Sunday vest of that little...
