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An aging minstrel seeks who hospitality at Newark Castle and in recompense tells a tale of a sixteenth-century Border feud. In the poem, Lady Margaret Scott of Buccleuch, the "Flower of Teviot" is beloved by Baron Henry of Cranstown an ally of the Ker Clan, but a deadly feud exists between the two border clans of Scott and Carr/Ker, which has resulted in the recent murder of Lady Margaret's father, Sir Walter Scott of Buccleuch by the Kers on the High Street in Edinburgh. Maragaret's widowed mother – Lady Janet – hates the Ker clan as a result, and is adamant in refusing her consent to any...

From the author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning Lords of Finance comes a brilliant account of the earliest truly global financial calamity. On Friday, 9 May 1873 the Vienna stock market collapsed. Four months later Wall Street was in trouble. Elsewhere, as panic selling spread across financial...

Former CIA operations officer Robert Marro Jr. pens a gripping memoir about his close friend and confidante, the famed enigmatic exorcist, bestselling author, and Vatican insider Malachi Martin. In this riveting firsthand account, Robert Marro Jr. pulls back the veil on the life of the...

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Willkommen bei SIGVLUM ♰ dem Podcast. Eine historische Mystery-Anthologie-Serie über eine verbotene Reliquie, verschwundene Mönche und die Frage, was unter dem Eis der Alpen verborgen liegt. Die erste Staffel ist momentan in Arbeit und erscheint demnächst. Eine Produktion von Darkstein Studios und L.C. Frey.Sigulum.deDarkstein.deLCFrey.de Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Explore Prague with our complete audio guide in English! A journey through castles, cathedrals, medieval squares, historic bridges, libraries, symbolic neighborhoods, and places of Czech culture, to discover the history and identity of the Bohemian capital in a simple, clear, and engaging way.

Explore Prague avec notre audioguide complet en français ! Un voyage à travers châteaux, cathédrales, places médiévales, ponts historiques, bibliothèques, quartiers symboliques et lieux de la culture tchèque, pour découvrir l'histoire et l'identité de la capitale bohémienne de manière simple, claire et engageante.

Welcome to our podcast, where we explore traditional building materials, techniques, and the history behind them. If you're interested in the craftsmanship of old buildings, the materials used throughout history, or how we can care for and restore buildings today, you're in the right place.Each episode will focus on three main areas:Materials & Techniques: We’ll look at the materials used in building throughout history—whether it’s the types of timber that were common in different regions or periods—and explore the techniques behind their use. For example, why was linseed oil used in ...

One battle, a failed plan and the loss of a whole generation. This is the story of the day that Sussex died, told by the voices of the next generation. Discover the story of the Battle of the Boar’s Head from the First World War, meet the men from towns like Worthing who signed up and fought as part of the Southdowns Battalions and learn how they’re being remembered today. Brought to you by The Commonwealth War Graves Commission, SHINE Worthing and the Lawson Trust. Produced by Sheeran Media.

Wir erleben gerade staunend, wie sich drei Parteien nicht darauf einigen können, was wirkungsvolle Landesverteidigung ausmacht. Für den Militärhistoriker Manfried Rauchensteiner ein altbekanntes Bild. Ein Fluch, der das Bundesheer von Anbeginn an verfolgt. In seinem jüngsten Buch „Sieben Soldaten und ein Todesfall“ zeichnet Rauchensteiner den wechselhaften Weg des jungen Heeres und von sieben Verteidigungsministern von 1955 bis 1983 nach. Mit ihm sprach Josef Broukal.

As we approach Christmas 2024, we invite you to join us in some heart-warming tales and uplifting carols and poems. We wish you compliments of the season.

"Voci di Storia moderna", il podcast che attraversa l’epoca in cui il mondo diventa globale.Dalle esplorazioni oceaniche alle rivoluzioni atlantiche, dagli imperi d’Oriente alla nascita del capitalismo, dalla stampa alla scienza, dalle epidemie alle grandi divergenze economiche: seguiamo insieme donne e uomini, idee e rotte che hanno trasformato il pianeta tra Cinquecento e Ottocento. (Powered by Jellypod)

Un podcast di storia contemporanea e delle relazioni internazionali, che ripercorre le principali crisi internazionali, dall'Ottocento a oggi, approfondendone contesto, dinamiche e conseguenze. (Powered by Jellypod)

Commissioned by the US War Department and written in 1859 by a decorated US Army captain, The Prairie Traveler is a complete how-to travel guide for the westward-bound pioneer. Covering topics from first aid for rattlesnake bites to how to travel 70 miles across the desert without water for one's livestock, the guide includes 28 travel itineraries with mileage and firewood availability. (Summary by Angela Rowland)

Esplora Praga con la nostra audioguida completa in italiano! Un viaggio tra castelli, cattedrali, piazze medievali, ponti storici, biblioteche, quartieri simbolici e luoghi della cultura ceca, per scoprire la storia e l’identità della capitale boema in modo semplice, chiaro e coinvolgente.

To What End? is a political history and geopolitics podcast hosted by Professor John McKawim, tracing the empires, client states, betrayals, wars, bargains, and official stories that made the present possible. Episode by episode, McKawim opens the record: who drew the map, who signed the lease, who supplied the weapons, who paid the price, and who was told to call dependency partnership, violence security, and obedience stability.Production note: Professor John McKawim is a composite narrator and analyst, performed through a synthetic text-to-speech voice. The show is tagged for AI ...

Base-Ball: How to Become a Player is a brief history of the game of baseball, with an explanation of the rules and positions. During the audio, reference is made to the "cuts" -- pictures of players, the baseball field, and balls. You can find these pictures in the CD case insert PDF. Alternatively you may reference them in the book itself at Gutenberg.org, at gutenberg.org/ebooks/19975. - Summary by EliseDee

The 13th in the series, this book focuses on the great writers of the time. As Dr. Lord passed away prior to the completion of his lecture series, the topics contained in this book also include works by other authors in an attempt to round out the subject matter. - Summary by KHand

TV recap podcast about shows set in the ancient world. Currently discussing Spartacus: Blood and Sand. Hosted by Ann Foster and Gina Berry.

"The Joyful Wisdom," written in 1882, just before "Zarathustra," is rightly judged to be one of Nietzsche's best books. Here the essentially grave and masculine face of the poet-philosopher is seen to light up and suddenly break into a delightful smile. The warmth and kindness that beam from his features will astonish those hasty psychologists who have never divined that behind the destroyer is the creator, and behind the blasphemer the lover of life. In the retrospective valuation of his work which appears in "Ecce Homo" the author himself observes with truth that the fourth book, "Sanctus ...