Historical Tales Novel Chapters
List of most recent chapters published for the Historical Tales novel. A total of 410 chapters have been translated and the release date of the last chapter is Apr 02, 2024
Latest Release: Chapter 1 : Historic Tales.Vol. 1.by Charles Morris.PREFACE.It has become a commonplace remark that
Historic Tales.Vol. 1.by Charles Morris.PREFACE.It has become a commonplace remark that fact is often stranger than fiction. It may be said, as a variant of this, that history is often more romantic than romance. The pages of the record of man's doin
- 401 The Parliaments of Aix and Rouen voted to support that of Paris. It was decreed that all the royal funds, in the exchequers of the kingdom, should be seized and used for the defence of the people. All was festivity in the city. The versatile people seemed
- 402 A frightful spectacle meets their eyes. On the floor before them lies poor Vatel, in a pool of his own blood, pierced through the heart. In his ecstasy of despair at the non-arrival of the fish, he had fastened his sword in the door, and thrown himself up
- 403 Voltaire was deistic in belief, in no sense atheistic. Among his latest words were, "I die wors.h.i.+pping G.o.d, loving my friends, not hating my enemies, but detesting superst.i.tion." Despite the admiration of the people, the powers of the st
- 404 The Bastille was the visible emblem of that oppression. It was an armed fortress threatening Paris. The cannon on its walls frowned defiance to the people. Momentarily the wrath of the mult.i.tude grew stronger. The electors of the Third Estate sent a mes
- 405 "What shall be done with the ointment?" asked the disappointed official."Lock it up in the vestry and say no more about it," replied the king.This was done, and the precious relics were restored to the tomb of St.Remy, whence they orig
- 406 What followed a few words may tell. In the succeeding year the Reign of Terror began, and Louis was taken from the Tuileries to the Temple, a true prison. In December he was tried for treason and condemned to death, and on January 21, 1793, his head fell
- 407 "Surrender, traitor!" he exclaimed."It is you who are a traitor," retorted Robespierre, "and I will have you shot."His words were barely spoken when Meda fired, his bullet shattering Robespierre's lower jaw. It is well t
- 408 All was quiet in Elba. Nothing was talked of at Porto-Ferrajo but the ball to be given by Pauline, the sister of Napoleon, who had exchanged his imperial dominion over half Europe for kings.h.i.+p over that little Mediterranean island. Evening came. The f
- 409 All was over for Louis XVIII. Near midnight of March 19 some travelling carriages rolled away from the court-yard of the Touileries in a torrent of rain, and amid a furious wind-storm that extinguished the carriage lights. It was Louis XVIII. going into e
- 410 THE END.……