Alfred Church: 61 books

Book cover of Stories Of The Magicians
by Alfred J. Church
Language: English
Release Date: July 21, 2012

Southey's Oriental Romances, Thalaba the Destroyer and The Curse of Kehama, are, I suppose, almost wholly unknown to the younger generation of readers. It must be confessed that they are not commended by their metrical form; but they display great power of imagination, and convey an admirable moral....
Book cover of The Count of the Saxon Shore
by Alfred John Church
Language: English
Release Date: March 8, 2015

“Hail! Cæsar Emperor, the starving salute thee!” and the speaker made a military salute to a silver coin, evidently brand-new from the mint (which did not seem, by the way, to turn out very good work), and bearing the superscription, “Gratianus Cæsar Imperator Felicissimus.” He was a soldier...
Book cover of Early Britain (Barnes & Noble Digital Library)
by Alfred John Church
Language: English
Release Date: April 26, 2011

Part of the distinguished “Story of the Nations Series,” Early Britain is a vivid account of the very beginning of English history. Opening with the earliest days of the nation, the book examines the most significant moments in English history up to the Norman Conquest, skillfully elucidating the impact of battles, individuals, and political events.
Book cover of Lords of the World

Lords of the World

A Tale of the Fall of Carthage and Corinth

by Alfred J. Church
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2018

The hero of this book is a Greek enemy of Rome, who vainly tries to resist the all-conquering Romans. During the course of his trials he befriends Hasdrubal, the Carthaginian general, Polybius, the great historian of the Punic Wars, and Scipio the Younger, the general who conquers Carthage. During...
Book cover of The Count of the Saxon Shore
by Alfred John Church
Language: English
Release Date: March 28, 2014

"Count of the Saxon Shore" was a title bestowed by Maximian (colleague of Diocletian in the Empire from 286 to 305 A.D.) on the officer whose task it was to protect the coasts of Britain and Gaul from the attacks of the Saxon pirates. It appears to have existed down to the abandonment of...
Book cover of Stories of the Old world
by Alfred John Church
Language: English
Release Date: March 8, 2015

THE son of Cretheus, Æson, bequeathed the kingdom of Thessaly to his brother Pelias, to keep for Jason, his son, whom he had sent to be taught by Chiron, the wise Centaur. Now when Jason was returning from Chiron he came to Anaurus, which is a river of Thessaly, and would have crossed it; but there...
Book cover of The Hammer: A Story of the Maccabean Times
by Alfred John Church
Language: English
Release Date: March 8, 2015

The time is the evening of a day in the early autumn of the year 174 B.C. There has been a great festival in Jerusalem. But it has been curiously unlike any festival that one would have expected to be held in that famous city. The people have not been crowding in from the country, and journeying from...
Book cover of Stories from the Greek Tragedians
by Alfred John Church
Language: English
Release Date: March 8, 2015

In the meantime, within the palace, Alcestis prepared herself for death. And first she washed her body with pure water from the river, and then she took from her coffer of cedar her fairest apparel, and adorned herself therewith. Then, being so arranged, she stood before the hearth and prayed, saying,...
Book cover of Callias: A Tale of the Fall of Athens
by Alfred John Church
Language: English
Release Date: March 8, 2015

It is the second year of the ninety-third Olympiad and the Theatre at Athens is full, for the great dramatic season is at its height, and to-day there is to be performed a new play by Aristophanes, the special favorite of the Athenian public. It is a brilliant scene, but a keen observer, who happened...
Book cover of The Story of the Odyssey
by Alfred John Church, Homer
Language: English
Release Date: November 27, 2011

Three thousand years ago the world was still young. The western continent was a huge wilderness, and the greater part of Europe was inhabited by savage and wandering tribes. Only a few nations at the eastern end of the Mediterranean and in the neighbouring parts of Asia had learned to dwell in cities,...
Book cover of Lords of the World: A Story of the Fall of Carthage and Corinth
by Alfred John Church
Language: English
Release Date: March 8, 2015

THE Melcart, the sacred ship of Carthage, was on its homeward voyage from Tyre, and had accomplished the greater part of its journey in safety; in fact, it was only a score or so of miles away from its destination. It had carried the mission sent, year by year, to the famous shrine of the god whose...
Book cover of The Faery Queen and Her Knights
by Alfred J. Church
Language: English
Release Date: October 26, 2017

A collection of stories about a queen and her knights, who love her.
Book cover of The Odyssey for Boys and Girls
by Alfred J. Church
Language: English
Release Date: July 9, 2013

The Odyssey is literature's grandest evocation of everyman's journey though life. The poem centers on the Greek hero Odysseus and his long journey home after the fall of Troy. It takes Odysseus ten years to reach Ithaca after the ten-year Trojan War. Odysseus survives storm and shipwreck, the cave...
Book cover of Stories From Livy
by Alfred J. Church
Language: English
Release Date: March 22, 2018

Stories From Livy is a great collection of stories about important events and people in Roman history.  It is intended for a high school audience.
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