Historical Tales, Vol VI: French
Charles Morris
32 chapters · 7 h 52 min · English
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Volume VI of a series containing anecdotes and stories, some well-known, others less so, of particular countries. This fifth volume covers the history of France from the Hun invasion of Europe in the 5th century up to the Prussian War, describing history for children and young adults in an exciting and novel manner. (Introduction by Kalynda)
Chapters
1 01 The Huns at Orleans 16 min 2 02 The Wooing of Clotilde 15 min 3 03 The Rival Queens 16 min 4 04 Roland at Roncesvalles 10 min 5 05 Charlemagne and the Avars 16 min 6 06 The Crowning of Charlemagne 16 min 7 07 Peter the Hermit 17 min 8 08 The Commune of Laon 18 min 9 09 How Big Ferre Fought for France 12 min 10 10 Bertrand du Guesclin 18 min 11 11 Joan of Arc, the Maid of Orleans 24 min 12 12 The Career of a Knight-Errant 19 min 13 13 Louis the Politic and Charles the Bold 16 min 14 14 Charles the Bold and the Swiss 12 min 15 15 Bayard, the Good Knight 12 min 16 16 Episodes in the Life of a Traitor 16 min 17 17 St. Bartholomew's Day 13 min 18 18 King Henry of Navarre 17 min 19 19 The Murder of a King 10 min 20 20 Richelieu and the Conspirators 20 min 21 21 The Parliament of Paris 23 min 22 22 A Martyr to His Profession 9 min 23 23 The Man with the Iron Mask 9 min 24 24 Voltaire's Last Visit to Paris 10 min 25 25 The Diamond Necklace 13 min 26 26 The Fall of the Bastille 8 min 27 27 The Story of Sainte Amoule 15 min 28 28 The Flight of the King 10 min 29 29 The End of the Terror 14 min 30 30 The Burning of Moscow 15 min 31 31 Napoleon's Return from Elba 13 min 32 32 The Prussian War and the Paris Commune 22 min
