Volume V of a series containing anecdotes and stories, some well-known, others less so, of particular countries. This fifth volume covers the history of Germany from its first contact with Rome up to the coronation of Emperor William, describing history for children and young adults in an exciting and novel manner. (Introduction by Kalynda)
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Chapters
- Chapter 1
Hermann, the Hero of Germany
18:12 - Chapter 2
Alboin and Rosamond
13:07 - Chapter 3
The Career of Grimoald
11:55 - Chapter 4
Wittekind, the Saxon Patriot
14:19 - Chapter 5
The Raids of the Sea-Rovers
16:39 - Chapter 6
The Career of Bishop Hatto
08:22 - Chapter 7
The Misfortunes of Duke Ernst
07:24 - Chapter 8
The Reign of Otto II
11:43 - Chapter 9
The Fortunes of Henry the Fourth
20:54 - Chapter 10
Anecdotes of Mediaeval Germany
17:02 - Chapter 11
Frederick Barbarossa and Milan
18:30 - Chapter 12
The Crusade of Frederick II
14:38 - Chapter 13
The Fall of the Ghibellines
13:00 - Chapter 14
The Tribunal of the Holy Vehm
14:06 - Chapter 15
William Tell and the Swiss Patriots
18:24 - Chapter 16
The Black Death and the Flagellants
11:09 - Chapter 17
The Swiss at Morgarten
08:56 - Chapter 18
A Mad Emperor
15:15 - Chapter 19
Sempach and Arnold Winkelried
14:20 - Chapter 20
Ziska, the Blind Warrior
17:43 - Chapter 21
The Siege of Belgrade
09:31 - Chapter 22
Luther and the Indulgences
16:19 - Chapter 23
Solyman the Magnificent at Guntz
12:33 - Chapter 24
The Peasants and the Anabaptists
20:12 - Chapter 25
The Fortunes of Wallenstein
19:08 - Chapter 26
The End of Two Great Soldiers
17:09 - Chapter 27
The Siege of Vienna
15:15 - Chapter 28
The Youth of Frederick the Great
22:30 - Chapter 29
Voltaire and Frederick the Great
13:19 - Chapter 30
Scenes from the Seven Year's War
17:08 - Chapter 31
The Patriots of the Tyrol
20:34 - Chapter 32
The Old Empire and the New
10:10