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Urbain Grandier
This is the dramatic story of Urbain Grandier, a catholic priest, who had a reputation to rival that of Casanova, which ultimately led to hi…
A Christmas Carol
The classic Christmas story of Ebenezer Scrooge, an elderly miser who is visited by the ghost of his former business partner Jacob Marley an…
The Countess of Charny
This 5th volume of the Marie Antoinette Romances begins after the fall of the Bastille and the March on Versailles, which forced Louis XVI a…
Joan of Naples
The celebrated crimes committed during the life of Joan (Joanna I) of Naples span from personal misdeeds (adulteries and mariticide) to regi…
Nisida
This story details the many crimes (attempted rape, assault, filicide, etc.) surrounding a significant historical confrontation between a fi…
Mary Stuart
The contents of these volumes of 'Celebrated Crimes', as well as the motives which led to their inception, are unique. They are a series of …
The Man in the Iron Mask
In the late 1600s a man was doubly-imprisoned: his body in an iron cell and his face in an iron mask. Who the “man in the iron mask” was, wh…
Celebrated Crimes
This story chronicles the crimes of Antoine-Francois Desrues (also called "Derues") from his childhood to his execution. Desrues c…
Celebrated Crimes
This story details the crimes and trial surrounding the unexpected pregnancy and subsequent childbirth of the Countess de Saint-Geran in 164…
On the Future of Our Educational Institutions
These are lectures on the education system of Nietzsche's day. He states that "This book is intended for calm readers, for those who ha…
The Marquise de Brinvilliers
The crimes of the Marquise of Brinvilliers, a French aristocrat during the reign of Louis XIV, included some of the most famous murders, sca…
Celebrated Crimes, Karl-Ludwig Sand
This is the fourth volume of Alexandre Dumas' studies of celebrated crimes and their perpetrators. This volume is concerned with the story o…
Celebrated Crimes
Martin Guerre was a French peasant that, during a long absence, was famously impersonated in the 16th century. Although the real Martin Guer…
Vaninka
The story of Vaninka, generally regarded as the most fictionalized of Dumas’ Celebrated Crimes series, occurs during the short and eccentric…
The Marquise de Ganges
The assassination of Diane de Joannis de Chateaublanc (the Marquise de Ganges) is a fitting tale to conclude Dumas’ celebrated crimes series…
Murat
Amidst the political winds from Napoleon’s downfall, this tale turns our attention to the flight of a former French marshal and King of Napl…
NBC War Bond Parade
John W Vandercook hosts this variety show for the promotion of war bonds, which includes music, drama, war news, and comedy. Raymond Massey,…
Black Star Passes
Follow along with Arcot, Morey, and Wade as they discover a revolutionary form of propulsion, visit our neighboring planets, and go up again…
The Last Trail
Return with us to those thrilling days of yesteryear as Mike Vendetti narrates this early Zane Grey novel of hardy pioneers taming the wild …
The Duke of Chimney Butte
An exciting tale of gun play, brave deeds and romance as Jerry Lambert, the "Duke" tries to protect the ranch of the lovely and ch…